Friday 24 January 2014 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:201:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:071:07 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:557:55 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:191:19 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:211:21 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 53 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
07:557:55 AM to 31:557:55 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 25:07 01:071:07 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 31:16 07:167:16 AM Sat | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Sat | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:191:19 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:55 07:557:55 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:106:10 AM | 07:557:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:106:10 AM | 07:027:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:366:36 AM | 07:557:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:557:55 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:179:17 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0510:05 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0510:05 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0012:00 PM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4212:42 PM | 14:192:19 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:431:43 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:262:26 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:103:10 PM | 15:533:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:044:04 PM | 17:265:26 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:374:37 PM | 18:476:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:476:47 PM | 20:328:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:476:47 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:476:47 PM | 20:068:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2310:23 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5712:57 AM+1 | 25:451:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |