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Wednesday 12 January 2011 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 06:236:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:348:34 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:567:56 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

19:317:31 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

13:171:17 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:171:17 PM
At noon, 13:171:17 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 87° ahead of it, in Revatī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 87° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:106:10 AM–07:037:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:366:36 AM–07:567:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya15:043:04 PM–15:473:47 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:386:38 PM–19:057:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:386:38 PM–19:587:58 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:049:04 PM–22:5110:51 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa09:179:17 AM–10:3710:37 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:2210:22 AM–12:0912:09 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:5711:57 AM–13:171:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5612:56 PM–13:391:39 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:171:17 PM–14:382:38 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha07:567:56 AM–09:179:17 AMgood
Amṛta09:179:17 AM–10:3710:37 AMgood
Kāla10:3710:37 AM–11:5711:57 AMavoid
Śubha11:5711:57 AM–13:171:17 PMgood
Roga13:171:17 PM–14:382:38 PMavoid
Udvega14:382:38 PM–15:583:58 PMavoid
Cara15:583:58 PM–17:185:18 PMneutral
Lābha17:185:18 PM–18:386:38 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:386:38 PM–20:188:18 PMavoid
Śubha20:188:18 PM–21:589:58 PMgood
Amṛta21:589:58 PM–23:3811:38 PMgood
Cara23:3811:38 PM–25:171:17 AM+1neutral
Roga25:171:17 AM+1–26:572:57 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:572:57 AM+1–28:374:37 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:374:37 AM+1–30:176:17 AM+1good
Udvega30:176:17 AM+1–31:567:56 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:567:56 AM to 31:567:56 AM+1

07:567:56 AM sunrise18:386:38 PM sunsetsunrise 31:567:56 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 23:4411:44 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 21:099:09 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 19:317:31 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:171:17 PM–14:382:38 PM
Pradoṣa 18:386:38 PM–20:258:25 PM
Niśītha 24:5312:53 AM+1–25:411:41 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:382:38 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. SunsetDay length 10 h 42 m.
  4. PradoṣaUntil 20:258:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  5. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  6. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  7. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:411:41 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamīpast sunriseNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī23:4411:44 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva21:099:09 PMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi19:317:31 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra31:56 07:567:56 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2067
Śaka
1932
Kali
5111
Ahargaṇa
1 867 108
Day length
10 h 42 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:2312:23 PM
Moonset
25:321:32 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:106:10 AM07:567:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:106:10 AM07:037:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:366:36 AM07:567:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:567:56 AM10:0510:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:179:17 AM10:3710:37 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:0510:05 AM12:1312:13 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:2210:22 AM12:0912:09 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5711:57 AM13:171:17 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5312:53 PM13:411:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5612:56 PM13:391:39 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:171:17 PM14:382:38 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:222:22 PM16:304:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:043:04 PM15:473:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:304:30 PM18:386:38 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:386:38 PM20:258:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:386:38 PM19:057:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:386:38 PM19:587:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:049:04 PM22:5110:51 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:5312:53 AM+125:411:41 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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