Tuesday 22 April 2014 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:594:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:432:43 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:416:41 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:523:52 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:081:08 PM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 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
06:416:41 AM to 30:406:40 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 | 26:43 02:432:43 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 19:097:09 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 27:16 03:163:16 AM Wed | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 15:523:52 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:40 06:406:40 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:125:12 AM | 06:416:41 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:125:12 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:355:35 AM | 06:416:41 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:416:41 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:169:16 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:081:08 PM | 14:452:45 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:091:09 PM | 14:392:39 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:252:25 PM | 17:005:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:173:17 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:214:21 PM | 17:585:58 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:005:00 PM | 19:347:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:347:34 PM | 21:039:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:347:34 PM | 19:577:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:347:34 PM | 20:418:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5410:54 PM | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 25:311:31 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |