Friday 2 December 2011 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:095:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:446:44 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:307:30 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:525:52 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 31 m.
sunrise to sunrise
The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.
Day sunrise to sunset
Night sunset to sunrise
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07:307:30 AM to 31:317:31 AM+1
Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 30:44 06:446:44 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 26:03 02:032:03 AM Sat | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 26:57 02:572:57 AM Sat | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:525:52 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:31 07:317:31 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:345:34 AM | 07:307:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:345:34 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:036:03 AM | 07:307:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:307:30 AM | 09:249:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:537:53 AM | 09:379:37 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:428:42 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:249:24 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:249:24 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0411:04 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:131:13 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:392:39 PM | 15:503:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:073:07 PM | 17:025:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:025:02 PM | 18:576:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:025:02 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:025:02 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:166:16 PM | 20:008:00 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |