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Tuesday 30 December 2003 · Puning, Guangdong, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:285:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:506:50 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:566:56 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:036:03 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:1812:18 PM

The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonPuning12:1812:18 PM
At noon, 12:1812:18 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 87° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 87° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:105:10 AM–06:036:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:365:36 AM–06:566:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5611:56 AM–12:3912:39 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:052:05 PM–14:472:47 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:245:24 PM–19:067:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:395:39 PM–18:056:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:395:39 PM–18:596:59 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:097:09 AM–08:528:52 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:059:05 AM–09:489:48 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:379:37 AM–10:5710:57 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1812:18 PM–13:381:38 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:582:58 PM–16:194:19 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:5810:58 PM–23:5111:51 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

Roga06:566:56 AM–08:178:17 AMavoid
Udvega08:178:17 AM–09:379:37 AMavoid
Cara09:379:37 AM–10:5710:57 AMneutral
Lābha10:5710:57 AM–12:1812:18 PMgood
Amṛta12:1812:18 PM–13:381:38 PMgood
Kāla13:381:38 PM–14:582:58 PMavoid
Śubha14:582:58 PM–16:194:19 PMgood
Roga16:194:19 PM–17:395:39 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:395:39 PM–19:197:19 PMavoid
Lābha19:197:19 PM–20:588:58 PMgood
Udvega20:588:58 PM–22:3810:38 PMavoid
Śubha22:3810:38 PM–24:1812:18 AM+1good
Amṛta24:1812:18 AM+1–25:571:57 AM+1good
Cara25:571:57 AM+1–27:373:37 AM+1neutral
Roga27:373:37 AM+1–29:175:17 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:175:17 AM+1–30:576:57 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:566:56 AM to 30:576:57 AM+1

06:566:56 AM sunrise17:395:39 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 30:506:50 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 22:3110:31 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 20:198:19 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 18:036:03 PM
Bavauntil 30:506:50 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5611:56 AM–12:3912:39 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:582:58 PM–16:194:19 PM
Pradoṣa 17:395:39 PM–19:257:25 PM
Niśītha 23:5411:54 PM–24:4212:42 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:3912:39 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:194:19 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 43 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:257:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  7. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  8. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4212:42 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī30:50 06:506:50 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā22:3110:31 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān20:198:19 PMParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi18:036:03 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:57 06:576:57 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 538
Day length
10 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:1112:11 PM
Moonset
24:2912:29 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:105:10 AM06:566:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:105:10 AM06:036:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:365:36 AM06:566:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:566:56 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:097:09 AM08:528:52 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM11:1311:13 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:059:05 AM09:489:48 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:379:37 AM10:5710:57 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5411:54 AM12:4212:42 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5611:56 AM12:3912:39 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1812:18 PM13:381:38 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:221:22 PM15:303:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:052:05 PM14:472:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:582:58 PM16:194:19 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:303:30 PM17:395:39 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:245:24 PM19:067:06 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:395:39 PM19:257:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:395:39 PM18:056:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:395:39 PM18:596:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:5810:58 PM23:5111:51 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5411:54 PM24:4212:42 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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