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Tuesday 28 December 2010 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:221:22 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1811:18 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:537:53 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:258:25 AM

Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.

Noon

13:101:10 PM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:101:10 PM
At noon, 13:101:10 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 270° ahead of it, in Hasta, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 270° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:066:06 AM–06:596:59 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:326:32 AM–07:537:53 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4912:49 PM–13:321:32 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:562:56 PM–15:393:39 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:286:28 PM–18:556:55 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:286:28 PM–19:497:49 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:261:26 AM+1–26:562:56 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta10:0010:00 AM–10:4210:42 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3210:32 AM–11:5111:51 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:111:11 PM–14:302:30 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:493:49 PM–17:095:09 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:214:21 PM–17:525:52 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:5011:50 PM–24:4412:44 AM+1an 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

Roga07:537:53 AM–09:129:12 AMavoid
Udvega09:129:12 AM–10:3210:32 AMavoid
Cara10:3210:32 AM–11:5111:51 AMneutral
Lābha11:5111:51 AM–13:111:11 PMgood
Amṛta13:111:11 PM–14:302:30 PMgood
Kāla14:302:30 PM–15:493:49 PMavoid
Śubha15:493:49 PM–17:095:09 PMgood
Roga17:095:09 PM–18:286:28 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:286:28 PM–20:098:09 PMavoid
Lābha20:098:09 PM–21:499:49 PMgood
Udvega21:499:49 PM–23:3011:30 PMavoid
Śubha23:3011:30 PM–25:111:11 AM+1good
Amṛta25:111:11 AM+1–26:512:51 AM+1good
Cara26:512:51 AM+1–28:324:32 AM+1neutral
Roga28:324:32 AM+1–30:136:13 AM+1avoid
Kāla30:136:13 AM+1–31:537:53 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:537:53 AM to 31:537:53 AM+1

07:537:53 AM sunrise18:286:28 PM sunsetsunrise 31:537:53 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:1811:18 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 08:258:25 AM
Hastauntil 31:067:06 AM+1
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 10:1910:19 AM
Śobhanauntil 31:297:29 AM+1
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:1812:18 PM
Kaulavauntil 23:1811:18 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:4912:49 PM–13:321:32 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:493:49 PM–17:095:09 PM
Pradoṣa 18:286:28 PM–20:158:15 PM
Niśītha 24:4712:47 AM+1–25:351:35 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  3. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:321:32 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:095:09 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 35 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:158:15 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:351:35 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  13. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  14. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī23:1811:18 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī08:258:25 AMHasta
YogaSaubhāgya10:1910:19 AMŚobhana
KaraṇaBālava12:1812:18 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:53 07:537:53 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2067
Śaka
1932
Kali
5111
Ahargaṇa
1 867 093
Day length
10 h 35 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:471:47 AM+1
Moonset
12:4212:42 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:066:06 AM07:537:53 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:066:06 AM06:596:59 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:326:32 AM07:537:53 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:537:53 AM10:0010:00 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:0010:00 AM12:0712:07 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:0010:00 AM10:4210:42 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3210:32 AM11:5111:51 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:4712:47 PM13:351:35 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4912:49 PM13:321:32 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:111:11 PM14:302:30 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:142:14 PM16:214:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:562:56 PM15:393:39 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:493:49 PM17:095:09 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:214:21 PM18:286:28 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:214:21 PM17:525:52 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:286:28 PM20:158:15 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:286:28 PM18:556:55 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:286:28 PM19:497:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:5011:50 PM24:4412:44 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:4712:47 AM+125:351:35 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:261:26 AM+126:562:56 AM+1sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
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