Monday 23 July 1973 · Pyongyang, North Korea
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:351:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1212:12+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:295:29 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5812:58 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:4312:43 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 14 h 27 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:305:30+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:12 00:1212:12 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 24:34 00:3412:34 AM Tue | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 18:246:24 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:5812:58 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 08:238:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:187:18 AM | 09:069:06 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:238:23 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5510:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:121:12 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 17:035:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:322:32 PM | 16:204:20 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:083:08 PM | 16:054:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:054:05 PM | 17:035:03 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:035:03 PM | 19:577:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:345:34 PM | 19:077:07 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:577:57 PM | 21:139:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:577:57 PM | 20:168:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:577:57 PM | 20:548:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:418:41 PM | 22:1410:14 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 25:081:08+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |