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Saturday 31 March 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:582:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:124:12 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhavānī Utpatti

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:027:02 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:2010:20 AM

Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.

Noon

13:131:13 PM

The Sun 69° above S. Day length 12 h 23 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:131:13 PM
At noon, 13:131:13 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 95° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 95° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:295:29 AM–06:156:15 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:027:02 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4912:49 PM–13:381:38 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:173:17 PM–16:074:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:257:25 PM–19:487:48 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:257:25 PM–20:358:35 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:027:02 AM–08:358:35 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:027:02 AM–07:527:52 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:527:52 AM–08:418:41 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:0810:08 AM–11:4111:41 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:462:46 PM–16:194:19 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:0611:06 PM–24:4712:47 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

Kāla07:027:02 AM–08:358:35 AMavoid
Śubha08:358:35 AM–10:0810:08 AMgood
Roga10:0810:08 AM–11:4111:41 AMavoid
Udvega11:4111:41 AM–13:131:13 PMavoid
Cara13:131:13 PM–14:462:46 PMneutral
Lābha14:462:46 PM–16:194:19 PMgood
Amṛta16:194:19 PM–17:525:52 PMgood
Kāla17:525:52 PM–19:257:25 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha19:257:25 PM–20:528:52 PMgood
Udvega20:528:52 PM–22:1910:19 PMavoid
Śubha22:1910:19 PM–23:4611:46 PMgood
Amṛta23:4611:46 PM–25:131:13 AM+1good
Cara25:131:13 AM+1–26:402:40 AM+1neutral
Roga26:402:40 AM+1–28:074:07 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:074:07 AM+1–29:345:34 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:345:34 AM+1–31:017:01 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:027:02 AM to 31:017:01 AM+1

07:027:02 AM sunrise19:257:25 PM sunsetsunrise 31:017:01 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 16:124:12 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 10:2910:29 AM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 10:2010:20 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:124:12 PM
Bālavauntil 28:324:32 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0810:08 AM–11:4111:41 AM
Abhijit 12:4912:49 PM–13:381:38 PM
Pradoṣa 19:257:25 PM–20:588:58 PM
Niśītha 24:4912:49 AM+1–25:371:37 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:4111:41 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  4. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:381:38 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 12 h 23 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:588:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:371:37 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī16:124:12 PMNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā10:2910:29 AMPunarvasu
YogaŚobhana10:2010:20 AMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava16:124:12 PMBālava
VāraŚanivāra31:01 07:017:01 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 552
Day length
12 h 23 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
13:031:03 PM
Moonset
26:392:39 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:295:29 AM07:027:02 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:295:29 AM06:156:15 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:027:02 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:027:02 AM09:319:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:027:02 AM08:358:35 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:027:02 AM07:527:52 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:527:52 AM08:418:41 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:319:31 AM11:5911:59 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:0810:08 AM11:4111:41 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4912:49 PM13:381:38 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:4912:49 PM13:371:37 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:282:28 PM16:564:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:462:46 PM16:194:19 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:173:17 PM16:074:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:564:56 PM19:257:25 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:257:25 PM20:588:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:257:25 PM19:487:48 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:257:25 PM20:358:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:0611:06 PM24:4712:47 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:4912:49 AM+125:371:37 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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