Tuesday 26 May 2015 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:1012:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:322:32 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:045:04 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:077:07 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 14 h 41 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
05:045:04 AM to 29:035:03+1 AM
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 | 14:322:32 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 07:497:49 AM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 07:077:07 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:322:32 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:03 05:035:03 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:493:49 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:493:49 AM | 04:264:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:084:08 AM | 05:045:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:045:04 AM | 08:008:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:085:08 AM | 06:566:56 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:008:00 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:008:00 AM | 08:598:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:448:44 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:142:14 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:521:52 PM | 16:484:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:512:51 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:044:04 PM | 17:545:54 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:484:48 PM | 19:447:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:514:51 PM | 18:396:39 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:447:44 PM | 20:598:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:447:44 PM | 20:038:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:447:44 PM | 20:408:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 24:4812:48+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:413:41+1 AM | 29:295:29+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |