Tuesday 15 January 1974 · Pyongyang, North Korea
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:024:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:184:18+1 AM.
At sunrise
07:557:55 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:044:04 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:4612:46 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 43 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
07:557:55 AM to 31:557:55+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 | 28:18 04:184:18 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 26:13 02:132:13 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 17:305:30 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 16:044:04 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:55 07:557:55 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:016:01 AM | 07:557:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:016:01 AM | 06:586:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:296:29 AM | 07:557:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:557:55 AM | 09:529:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:429:42 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:529:52 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:529:52 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:591:59 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:451:45 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:232:23 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:123:12 PM | 16:254:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:385:38 PM | 19:327:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:385:38 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:385:38 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:367:36 PM | 21:169:16 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:1812:18+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 25:101:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |