Friday 31 October 2014 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:4911:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:459:45 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:167:16 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4810:48 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:5312:53 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 11 h 13 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
07:167:16 AM to 31:177:17+1 AM
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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 21:459:45 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 27:23 03:233:23 AM Sat | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 15:263:26 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:4810:48 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:17 07:177:17 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:345:34 AM | 07:167:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:345:34 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:595:59 AM | 07:167:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:167:16 AM | 09:319:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:348:34 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:408:40 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:319:31 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:319:31 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:5312:53 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:171:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:151:15 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:002:00 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:452:45 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:413:41 PM | 17:055:05 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:154:15 PM | 18:296:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:365:36 PM | 19:067:06 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:296:29 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:296:29 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:296:29 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2912:29+1 AM | 25:171:17+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 31:087:08+1 AM | 32:388:38+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |