Monday 9 December 2024 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:1512:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:3310:33 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:377:37 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3310:33 AM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
12:1912:19 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 23 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
07:377:37 AM to 31:387:38+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 | 10:3310:33 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 17:265:26 PM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 27:35 03:353:35 AM Tue | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:3310:33 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:38 07:387:38 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:415:41 AM | 07:377:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:415:41 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:106:10 AM | 07:377:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:377:37 AM | 09:309:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 09:589:58 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:309:30 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:499:49 AM | 11:2011:20 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0911:09 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:3812:38 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:301:30 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:531:53 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:312:31 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:083:08 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:586:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5611:56 PM | 24:4412:44+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:282:28+1 AM | 27:583:58+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |