Sunday 13 October 1918 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:5512:55 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5112:51 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:067:06 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:268:26 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
12:5612:56 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 11 h 39 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
07:067:06 AM to 31:077:07 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 | 24:51 00:5112:51 AM Mon | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 13:371:37 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 08:268:26 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:001:00 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:07 07:077:07 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:275:27 AM | 07:067:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:275:27 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:067:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:067:06 AM | 09:269:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:388:38 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:269:26 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:232:23 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:052:05 PM | 16:254:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:522:52 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:503:50 PM | 17:185:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:254:25 PM | 18:456:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:125:12 PM | 17:585:58 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:185:18 PM | 18:456:45 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:456:45 PM | 20:248:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:456:45 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:456:45 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:409:40 PM | 23:1711:17 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | 25:201:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |