Wednesday 28 August 2013 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:364:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:406:40 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:515:51 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:123:12 PM
Kṛttikā gives way to Rohiṇī.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 14 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
05:515:51 AM to 29:525:52 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 15:123:12 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 19:207:20 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:355:35 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 05:515:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:515:51 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:307:30 AM | 09:099:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:072:07 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:192:19 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:402:40 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:057:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:057:05 PM | 20:318:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:057:05 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:057:05 PM | 20:098:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |