Tuesday 11 October 2005 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:574:57 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:592:59 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:435:43 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:228:22 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:2111:21 AM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 11 h 16 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
05:435:43 AM to 29:445:44+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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 14:592:59 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 09:119:11 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 08:228:22 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:592:59 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:44 05:445:44 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:435:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:435:43 AM | 07:587:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:587:58 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:587:58 AM | 08:438:43 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:328:32 AM | 09:579:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:141:14 PM | 13:591:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:102:10 PM | 15:343:34 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:442:44 PM | 16:594:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:414:41 PM | 18:126:12 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:594:59 PM | 18:416:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:594:59 PM | 17:245:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:594:59 PM | 18:156:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0510:05 PM | 22:5610:56 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5810:58 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:421:42+1 AM | 27:123:12+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |