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Tuesday 7 January 2025 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:548:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:576:57 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:567:56 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:3312:33 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 28 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3312:33 PM
At noon, 12:3312:33 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Revatī, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 93° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:535:53 AM–06:516:51 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:226:22 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1412:14 PM–12:5212:52 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:082:08 PM–14:462:46 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:175:17 PM–17:465:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:175:17 PM–18:446:44 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:046:04 PM–19:357:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya08:588:58 AM–10:2910:29 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:439:43 AM–10:2110:21 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1110:11 AM–11:2211:22 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:3312:33 PM–13:441:44 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:552:55 PM–16:064:06 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:0611:06 PM–24:0412:04+1 AMan 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

Roga07:497:49 AM–09:009:00 AMavoid
Udvega09:009:00 AM–10:1110:11 AMavoid
Cara10:1110:11 AM–11:2211:22 AMneutral
Lābha11:2211:22 AM–12:3312:33 PMgood
Amṛta12:3312:33 PM–13:441:44 PMgood
Kāla13:441:44 PM–14:552:55 PMavoid
Śubha14:552:55 PM–16:064:06 PMgood
Roga16:064:06 PM–17:175:17 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:175:17 PM–19:067:06 PMavoid
Lābha19:067:06 PM–20:558:55 PMgood
Udvega20:558:55 PM–22:4410:44 PMavoid
Śubha22:4410:44 PM–24:3312:33+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:3312:33+1 AM–26:222:22+1 AMgood
Cara26:222:22+1 AM–28:114:11+1 AMneutral
Roga28:114:11+1 AM–30:006:00+1 AMavoid
Kāla30:006:00+1 AM–31:497:49+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:497:49+1 AM

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:175:17 PM sunsetsunrise 31:497:49+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 18:576:57 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 20:208:20 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 25:461:46+1 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:567:56 AM
Bavauntil 18:576:57 PM
Bālavauntil 29:575:57+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1412:14 PM–12:5212:52 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:552:55 PM–16:064:06 PM
Pradoṣa 17:175:17 PM–19:137:13 PM
Niśītha 24:0912:09+1 AM–24:5712:57+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5212:52 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:064:06 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 28 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:137:13 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:5712:57+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī18:576:57 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī20:208:20 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva25:46 01:461:46 AM WedSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:567:56 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:49 07:497:49 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 217
Day length
9 h 28 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:5911:59 AM
Moonset
25:361:36+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:535:53 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:535:53 AM06:516:51 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:226:22 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:497:49 AM09:439:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:588:58 AM10:2910:29 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:439:43 AM11:3611:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:439:43 AM10:2110:21 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1110:11 AM11:2211:22 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0912:09 PM12:5712:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1412:14 PM12:5212:52 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:3312:33 PM13:441:44 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:301:30 PM15:233:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:082:08 PM14:462:46 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:552:55 PM16:064:06 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:233:23 PM17:175:17 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:175:17 PM19:137:13 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:175:17 PM17:465:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:175:17 PM18:446:44 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:046:04 PM19:357:35 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0611:06 PM24:0412:04+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0912:09+1 AM24:5712:57+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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