Saturday 14 March 2015 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 13:591:59 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:261:26 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:037:03 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3211:32 AM
Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.
Noon
12:5912:59 PM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 52 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
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07:037:03 AM to 31:027:02 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 13:261:26 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 27:43 03:433:43 AM Sun | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 11:3211:32 AM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:261:26 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:02 07:027:02 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:265:26 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:265:26 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:037:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:037:03 AM | 09:259:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:037:03 AM | 08:328:32 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:037:03 AM | 07:507:50 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:507:50 AM | 08:388:38 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:259:25 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5611:56 AM | 13:311:31 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 16:334:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:282:28 PM | 15:573:57 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:582:58 PM | 15:453:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:334:33 PM | 18:556:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:556:55 PM | 20:328:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:556:55 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:556:55 PM | 20:088:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:249:24 PM | 22:5910:59 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 25:221:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:082:08 AM+1 | 27:433:43 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |