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Sunday 18 December 2011 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:399:39 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:517:51 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:487:48 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:488:48 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:051:05 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:051:05 PM
At noon, 13:051:05 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 272° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 272° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:016:01 AM–06:546:54 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:276:27 AM–07:487:48 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4412:44 PM–13:271:27 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:512:51 PM–15:333:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:074:07 PM–17:385:38 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:236:23 PM–18:506:50 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:236:23 PM–19:437:43 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa13:051:05 PM–14:252:25 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:443:44 PM–17:035:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:584:58 PM–17:405:40 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla17:035:03 PM–18:236:23 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya30:506:50 AM+1–32:208:20 AM+1a 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

Udvega07:487:48 AM–09:079:07 AMavoid
Cara09:079:07 AM–10:2710:27 AMneutral
Lābha10:2710:27 AM–11:4611:46 AMgood
Amṛta11:4611:46 AM–13:051:05 PMgood
Kāla13:051:05 PM–14:252:25 PMavoid
Śubha14:252:25 PM–15:443:44 PMgood
Roga15:443:44 PM–17:035:03 PMavoid
Udvega17:035:03 PM–18:236:23 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha18:236:23 PM–20:038:03 PMgood
Amṛta20:038:03 PM–21:449:44 PMgood
Cara21:449:44 PM–23:2511:25 PMneutral
Roga23:2511:25 PM–25:061:06 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:061:06 AM+1–26:462:46 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:462:46 AM+1–28:274:27 AM+1good
Udvega28:274:27 AM+1–30:086:08 AM+1avoid
Śubha30:086:08 AM+1–31:497:49 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:487:48 AM to 31:497:49 AM+1

07:487:48 AM sunrise18:236:23 PM sunsetsunrise 31:497:49 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:517:51 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 22:5810:58 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 19:197:19 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 08:488:48 AM
Kaulavauntil 19:517:51 PM
Taitilauntil 30:496:49 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:4412:44 PM–13:271:27 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:035:03 PM–18:236:23 PM
Pradoṣa 18:236:23 PM–20:108:10 PM
Niśītha 24:4212:42 AM+1–25:301:30 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. Ravivāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:271:27 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:236:23 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 35 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:108:10 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:301:30 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  13. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī19:517:51 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī22:5810:58 PMHasta
YogaĀyuṣmān19:197:19 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaBālava08:488:48 AMKaulava
VāraRavivāra31:49 07:497:49 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2068
Śaka
1933
Kali
5112
Ahargaṇa
1 867 448
Day length
10 h 35 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:491:49 AM+1
Moonset
12:5912:59 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:016:01 AM07:487:48 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:016:01 AM06:546:54 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:276:27 AM07:487:48 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:487:48 AM09:559:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:559:55 AM12:0212:02 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:4112:41 PM13:291:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4412:44 PM13:271:27 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:051:05 PM14:252:25 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:092:09 PM16:164:16 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:512:51 PM15:333:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:443:44 PM17:035:03 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:074:07 PM17:385:38 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:164:16 PM18:236:23 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:584:58 PM17:405:40 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:035:03 PM18:236:23 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk18:236:23 PM20:108:10 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:236:23 PM18:506:50 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:236:23 PM19:437:43 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:4212:42 AM+125:301:30 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra30:506:50 AM+132:208:20 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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