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Tuesday 6 January 1998 · Puning, Guangdong, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 11:1711:17 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:219:21 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:586:58 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:219:21 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:2112:21 PM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonPuning12:2112:21 PM
At noon, 12:2112:21 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 98° ahead of it, in Revatī, 57% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 98° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:125:12 AM–06:056:05 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:395:39 AM–06:586:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:0211:02 AM–12:3312:33 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:0012:00 PM–12:4312:43 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:092:09 PM–14:522:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:445:44 PM–18:106:10 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:445:44 PM–19:037:03 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:195:19+1 AM–30:506:50+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:079:07 AM–09:509:50 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:409:40 AM–11:0011:00 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2112:21 PM–13:421:42 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:023:02 PM–16:234:23 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:0211:02 PM–23:5511:55 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga06:586:58 AM–08:198:19 AMavoid
Udvega08:198:19 AM–09:409:40 AMavoid
Cara09:409:40 AM–11:0011:00 AMneutral
Lābha11:0011:00 AM–12:2112:21 PMgood
Amṛta12:2112:21 PM–13:421:42 PMgood
Kāla13:421:42 PM–15:023:02 PMavoid
Śubha15:023:02 PM–16:234:23 PMgood
Roga16:234:23 PM–17:445:44 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:445:44 PM–19:237:23 PMavoid
Lābha19:237:23 PM–21:029:02 PMgood
Udvega21:029:02 PM–22:4210:42 PMavoid
Śubha22:4210:42 PM–24:2112:21+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:2112:21+1 AM–26:002:00+1 AMgood
Cara26:002:00+1 AM–27:403:40+1 AMneutral
Roga27:403:40+1 AM–29:195:19+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:195:19+1 AM–30:596:59+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:586:58 AM to 30:596:59+1 AM

06:586:58 AM sunrise17:445:44 PM sunsetsunrise 30:596:59+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 09:219:21 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 13:181:18 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 20:598:59 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:219:21 AM
Bālavauntil 20:258:25 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0012:00 PM–12:4312:43 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:023:02 PM–16:234:23 PM
Pradoṣa 17:445:44 PM–19:307:30 PM
Niśītha 23:5711:57 PM–24:4512:45+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4312:43 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:234:23 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 45 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:307:30 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:4512:45+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī09:219:21 AMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī13:181:18 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva20:598:59 PMSiddha
KaraṇaBava09:219:21 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:59 06:596:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 354
Day length
10 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:3712:37 PM
Moonset
25:241:24+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:125:12 AM06:586:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:125:12 AM06:056:05 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:395:39 AM06:586:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:586:58 AM09:079:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:079:07 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:079:07 AM09:509:50 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:409:40 AM11:0011:00 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:0211:02 AM12:3312:33 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5711:57 AM12:4512:45 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0012:00 PM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2112:21 PM13:421:42 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:261:26 PM15:353:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:092:09 PM14:522:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:023:02 PM16:234:23 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:353:35 PM17:445:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:445:44 PM19:307:30 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:445:44 PM18:106:10 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:445:44 PM19:037:03 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0211:02 PM23:5511:55 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5711:57 PM24:4512:45+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:195:19+1 AM30:506:50+1 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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