Thursday 20 March 1941 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:3512:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1611:16 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:037:03 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5111:51 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:051:05 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 12 h 06 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
07:037:03 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 | 23:1611:16 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Fri | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 19:167:16 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:5111:51 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:02 07:027:02 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:285:28 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:285:28 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:037:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:037:03 AM | 09:289:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:037:03 AM | 08:348:34 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:049:04 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:289:28 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0410:04 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:182:18 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:362:36 PM | 16:074:07 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:073:07 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:553:55 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:434:43 PM | 19:087:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:266:26 PM | 19:597:59 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:087:08 PM | 20:438:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:087:08 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:087:08 PM | 20:208:20 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:0611:06 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 25:291:29 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |