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Tuesday 22 April 2014 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:594:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:432:43 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:405:40 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:136:13 AM

Siddha gives way to Sādhya.

Noon

12:2512:25 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 13 h 32 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2512:25 PM
At noon, 12:2512:25 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 268° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 268° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:164:16 AM–04:584:58 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:374:37 AM–05:405:40 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5911:59 AM–12:5312:53 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:091:09 PM–14:392:39 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:412:41 PM–15:353:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:127:12 PM–19:337:33 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:127:12 PM–20:148:14 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:228:22 AM–09:169:16 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:039:03 AM–10:4410:44 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2612:26 PM–14:072:07 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:493:49 PM–17:305:30 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:5410:54 PM–24:2412:24 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:2211:22 PM–24:0412:04 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga05:405:40 AM–07:217:21 AMavoid
Udvega07:217:21 AM–09:039:03 AMavoid
Cara09:039:03 AM–10:4410:44 AMneutral
Lābha10:4410:44 AM–12:2612:26 PMgood
Amṛta12:2612:26 PM–14:072:07 PMgood
Kāla14:072:07 PM–15:493:49 PMavoid
Śubha15:493:49 PM–17:305:30 PMgood
Roga17:305:30 PM–19:127:12 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:127:12 PM–20:308:30 PMavoid
Lābha20:308:30 PM–21:489:48 PMgood
Udvega21:489:48 PM–23:0711:07 PMavoid
Śubha23:0711:07 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2512:25 AM+1–25:431:43 AM+1good
Cara25:431:43 AM+1–27:023:02 AM+1neutral
Roga27:023:02 AM+1–28:204:20 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:204:20 AM+1–29:385:38 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:405:40 AM to 29:385:38 AM+1

05:405:40 AM sunrise19:127:12 PM sunsetsunrise 29:385:38 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:432:43 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 19:097:09 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 06:136:13 AM
Sādhyauntil 27:163:16 AM+1
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:523:52 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:432:43 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5911:59 AM–12:5312:53 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:493:49 PM–17:305:30 PM
Pradoṣa 19:127:12 PM–20:358:35 PM
Niśītha 24:0112:01 AM+1–24:4912:49 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5312:53 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:305:30 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 32 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:358:35 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī26:43 02:432:43 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā19:097:09 PMŚravaṇa
YogaSiddha06:136:13 AMSādhya
KaraṇaBālava15:523:52 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:38 05:385:38 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 304
Day length
13 h 32 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
25:481:48 AM+1
Moonset
11:3411:34 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:164:16 AM05:405:40 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:164:16 AM04:584:58 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:374:37 AM05:405:40 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:405:40 AM08:228:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:228:22 AM11:0511:05 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:228:22 AM09:169:16 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:039:03 AM10:4410:44 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5911:59 AM12:5312:53 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0212:02 PM12:5012:50 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2612:26 PM14:072:07 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:091:09 PM14:392:39 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:471:47 PM16:294:29 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:412:41 PM15:353:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:493:49 PM17:305:30 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:294:29 PM19:127:12 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:127:12 PM20:358:35 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:127:12 PM19:337:33 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:127:12 PM20:148:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:5410:54 PM24:2412:24 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2211:22 PM24:0412:04 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01 AM+124:4912:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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