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Monday 1 December 1919 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:4712:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3512:35 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:377:37 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:2610:26 AM

Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.

Noon

12:5812:58 PM

The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 42 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming12:5812:58 PM
At noon, 12:5812:58 PM, the Sun is in Anurādhā and the Moon 96° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 55% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 96° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:505:50 AM–06:436:43 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:176:17 AM–07:377:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:3612:36 PM–13:191:19 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:452:45 PM–15:283:28 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:196:19 PM–18:466:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:196:19 PM–19:397:39 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:162:16+1 AM–27:513:51+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:578:57 AM–10:1710:17 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:3711:37 AM–12:5812:58 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:191:19 PM–14:022:02 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:182:18 PM–15:383:38 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:283:28 PM–16:104:10 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya16:464:46 PM–18:216:21 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Amṛta07:377:37 AM–08:578:57 AMgood
Kāla08:578:57 AM–10:1710:17 AMavoid
Śubha10:1710:17 AM–11:3711:37 AMgood
Roga11:3711:37 AM–12:5812:58 PMavoid
Udvega12:5812:58 PM–14:182:18 PMavoid
Cara14:182:18 PM–15:383:38 PMneutral
Lābha15:383:38 PM–16:594:59 PMgood
Amṛta16:594:59 PM–18:196:19 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:196:19 PM–19:597:59 PMneutral
Roga19:597:59 PM–21:399:39 PMavoid
Kāla21:399:39 PM–23:1811:18 PMavoid
Lābha23:1811:18 PM–24:5812:58+1 AMgood
Udvega24:5812:58+1 AM–26:382:38+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:382:38+1 AM–28:184:18+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:184:18+1 AM–29:585:58+1 AMgood
Cara29:585:58+1 AM–31:377:37+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:377:37 AM to 31:377:37+1 AM

07:377:37 AM sunrise18:196:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:377:37+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 12:3512:35 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 10:2610:26 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 13:031:03 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 12:3512:35 PM
Bālavauntil 24:1312:13+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:578:57 AM–10:1710:17 AM
Abhijit 12:3612:36 PM–13:191:19 PM
Pradoṣa 18:196:19 PM–20:058:05 PM
Niśītha 24:3412:34+1 AM–25:221:22+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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:1710:17 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 13:191:19 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 10 h 42 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:058:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:221:22+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī12:3512:35 PMNavamī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā10:2610:26 AMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaHarṣaṇa13:031:03 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava12:3512:35 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:37 07:377:37 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1976
Śaka
1841
Kali
5020
Ahargaṇa
1 833 828
Day length
10 h 42 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
13:331:33 PM
Moonset
25:521:52+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:505:50 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:505:50 AM06:436:43 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:176:17 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:377:37 AM09:459:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:578:57 AM10:1710:17 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:459:45 AM11:5411:54 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:3711:37 AM12:5812:58 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:3412:34 PM13:221:22 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3612:36 PM13:191:19 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:191:19 PM14:022:02 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:022:02 PM16:104:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:182:18 PM15:383:38 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:452:45 PM15:283:28 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:283:28 PM16:104:10 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:104:10 PM18:196:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:464:46 PM18:216:21 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:196:19 PM20:058:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:196:19 PM18:466:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:196:19 PM19:397:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:3412:34+1 AM25:221:22+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:162:16+1 AM27:513:51+1 AMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
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