Wednesday 7 May 2014 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:0310:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:2512:25 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:205:20 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:218:21 AM
Gaṇḍa gives way to Vṛddhi.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 14 h 06 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
05:205:20 AM to 29:195:19 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 | 24:25 00:2512:25 AM Thu | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 26:29 02:292:29 AM Thu | Maghā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 08:218:21 AM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 11:1511:15 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:19 05:195:19 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:014:01 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:014:01 AM | 04:414:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:214:21 AM | 05:205:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:205:20 AM | 08:108:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:067:06 AM | 08:528:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:108:10 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3810:38 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:102:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:551:55 PM | 15:433:43 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:452:45 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:384:38 PM | 19:277:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:277:27 PM | 20:468:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:277:27 PM | 19:477:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:277:27 PM | 20:268:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 26:292:29 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |