Thursday 24 October 1940 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:212:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:381:38 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:176:17 AM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 13 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
06:066:06 AM to 30:066:06 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 | 25:38 01:381:38 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 06:176:17 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 27:24 03:243:24 AM Fri | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:042:04 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:06 06:066:06 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:234:23 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:066:06 AM | 07:307:30 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:548:54 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:509:50 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:061:06 PM | 14:302:30 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:341:34 PM | 14:192:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:132:13 PM | 15:493:49 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:192:19 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 17:185:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:185:18 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:185:18 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:185:18 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4511:45 PM | 25:211:21 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |