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Tuesday 7 January 2025 · Puning, Guangdong, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:548:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:576:57 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:596:59 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:567:56 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonPuning12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Revatī, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:135:13 AM–06:066:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:395:39 AM–06:596:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0012:00 PM–12:4312:43 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:092:09 PM–14:522:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:455:45 PM–18:116:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:455:45 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:046:04 PM–19:357:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya08:588:58 AM–10:2910:29 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:089:08 AM–09:519:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:409:40 AM–11:0111:01 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2212:22 PM–13:421:42 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:033:03 PM–16:244:24 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

Roga06:596:59 AM–08:198:19 AMavoid
Udvega08:198:19 AM–09:409:40 AMavoid
Cara09:409:40 AM–11:0111:01 AMneutral
Lābha11:0111:01 AM–12:2212:22 PMgood
Amṛta12:2212:22 PM–13:421:42 PMgood
Kāla13:421:42 PM–15:033:03 PMavoid
Śubha15:033:03 PM–16:244:24 PMgood
Roga16:244:24 PM–17:455:45 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:455:45 PM–19:247:24 PMavoid
Lābha19:247:24 PM–21:039:03 PMgood
Udvega21:039:03 PM–22:4210:42 PMavoid
Śubha22:4210:42 PM–24:2212:22+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:2212:22+1 AM–26:012:01+1 AMgood
Cara26:012:01+1 AM–27:403:40+1 AMneutral
Roga27:403:40+1 AM–29:205:20+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:205:20+1 AM–30:596:59+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

06:596:59 AM sunrise17:455:45 PM sunsetsunrise 30:596:59+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 18:576:57 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 20:208:20 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 25:461:46+1 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:567:56 AM
Bavauntil 18:576:57 PM
Bālavauntil 29:575:57+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0012:00 PM–12:4312:43 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:033:03 PM–16:244:24 PM
Pradoṣa 17:455:45 PM–19:317:31 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46+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. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4312:43 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:244:24 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 46 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:317:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī18:576:57 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī20:208:20 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva25:46 01:461:46 AM WedSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:567:56 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:59 06:596:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 217
Day length
10 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:0312:03 PM
Moonset
25:021:02+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:135:13 AM06:596:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:135:13 AM06:066:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:395:39 AM06:596:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:596:59 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:588:58 AM10:2910:29 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:089:08 AM09:519:51 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:409:40 AM11:0111:01 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0012:00 PM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2212:22 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 day15:033:03 PM16:244:24 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:353:35 PM17:455:45 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:455:45 PM19:317:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:455:45 PM18:116:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:455:45 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:046:04 PM19:357:35 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0211:02 PM23:5511:55 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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