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Sunday 1 January 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:061:06 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:293:29 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:499:49 AM

Varīyān gives way to Parigha.

Noon

12:3012:30 PM

The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 22 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3012:30 PM
At noon, 12:3012:30 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:525:52 AM–06:516:51 AM
  • Amṛta kāla09:529:52 AM–11:3911:39 AM
  • Abhijit12:1112:11 PM–12:4912:49 PM
  • Vijaya14:042:04 PM–14:412:41 PM
  • Godhūli17:115:11 PM–17:405:40 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa12:3012:30 PM–13:401:40 PM
  • Gulika14:512:51 PM–16:014:01 PM
  • Durmuhūrta15:563:56 PM–16:334:33 PM
  • Rāhu kāla16:014:01 PM–17:115:11 PM
  • Varjya28:404:40 AM+1–30:286:28 AM+1

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Udvega07:497:49 AM–08:598:59 AMavoid
Cara08:598:59 AM–10:1010:10 AMneutral
Lābha10:1010:10 AM–11:2011:20 AMgood
Amṛta11:2011:20 AM–12:3012:30 PMgood
Kāla12:3012:30 PM–13:401:40 PMavoid
Śubha13:401:40 PM–14:512:51 PMgood
Roga14:512:51 PM–16:014:01 PMavoid
Udvega16:014:01 PM–17:115:11 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha17:115:11 PM–19:017:01 PMgood
Amṛta19:017:01 PM–20:518:51 PMgood
Cara20:518:51 PM–22:4010:40 PMneutral
Roga22:4010:40 PM–24:3012:30 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:3012:30 AM+1–26:202:20 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:202:20 AM+1–28:104:10 AM+1good
Udvega28:104:10 AM+1–30:006:00 AM+1avoid
Śubha30:006:00 AM+1–31:497:49 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:497:49 AM+1

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:115:11 PM sunsetsunrise 31:497:49 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 27:293:29 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 15:123:12 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 09:499:49 AM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 14:152:15 PM
Bavauntil 27:293:29 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1112:11 PM–12:4912:49 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:014:01 PM–17:115:11 PM
Pradoṣa 17:115:11 PM–19:087:08 PM
Niśītha 24:0612:06 AM+1–24:5412:54 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Ravivāra begins.
  2. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4912:49 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:115:11 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 22 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:087:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:5412:54 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī27:29 03:293:29 AM MonNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā15:123:12 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān09:499:49 AMParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi14:152:15 PMBava
VāraRavivāra31:49 07:497:49 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2068
Śaka
1933
Kali
5112
Ahargaṇa
1 867 462
Day length
9 h 22 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:4711:47 AM
Moonset
25:071:07 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:525:52 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:525:52 AM06:516:51 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:216:21 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:497:49 AM09:429:42 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:429:42 AM11:3411:34 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla09:529:52 AM11:3911:39 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhna12:0612:06 PM12:5412:54 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit12:1112:11 PM12:4912:49 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa12:3012:30 PM13:401:40 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇa13:261:26 PM15:193:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya14:042:04 PM14:412:41 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika14:512:51 PM16:014:01 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhna15:193:19 PM17:115:11 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta15:563:56 PM16:334:33 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla16:014:01 PM17:115:11 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣa17:115:11 PM19:087:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:115:11 PM17:405:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:115:11 PM18:396:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha24:0612:06 AM+124:5412:54 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya28:404:40 AM+130:286:28 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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