Tuesday 31 January 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:4910:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:291:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:387:38 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1012:10 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:4012:40 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 10 h 05 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
good to begin inavoidedneutral
07:387:38 AM to 31:377:37 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 | 25:29 01:291:29 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | past sunrise | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śubha | 18:286:28 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:1012:10 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:37 07:377:37 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:465:46 AM | 07:387:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:465:46 AM | 06:426:42 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:146:14 AM | 07:387:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:387:38 AM | 09:399:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 09:399:39 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:399:39 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:041:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:561:56 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:411:41 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:212:21 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 15:123:12 PM | 16:274:27 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:423:42 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 16:154:15 PM | 18:036:03 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 17:435:43 PM | 19:347:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:435:43 PM | 18:116:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:435:43 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrta | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:1212:12 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 25:041:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 27:043:04 AM+1 | 28:534:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |