Tuesday 25 October 2005 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:099:09 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:2911:29 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1710:17 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:1911:19 AM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
06:006:00 AM to 30:016:01+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 | 23:2911:29 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 28:12 04:124:12 AM Wed | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 24:43 00:4312:43 AM Wed | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:1710:17 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:01 06:016:01 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:404:40 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:078:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:078:07 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:078:07 AM | 08:508:50 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:398:39 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1710:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5410:54 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2212:22 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:041:04 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:581:58 PM | 15:173:17 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:292:29 PM | 16:374:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:374:37 PM | 18:246:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:374:37 PM | 17:035:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:374:37 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:029:02 PM | 22:4910:49 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 21:599:59 PM | 22:5210:52 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |