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Tuesday 24 January 1995 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:471:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0412:04+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:218:21 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:5812:58 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:251:25 PM

The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:251:25 PM
At noon, 13:251:25 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 270° ahead of it, in Svātī, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 270° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:306:30 AM–07:267:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:586:58 AM–08:218:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:051:05 PM–13:451:45 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:063:06 PM–15:473:47 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:296:29 PM–18:576:57 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:296:29 PM–19:527:52 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:499:49 PM–23:2011:20 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta10:2310:23 AM–11:0311:03 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:5310:53 AM–12:0912:09 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:4012:40 PM–14:112:11 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika13:251:25 PM–14:412:41 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:573:57 PM–17:135:13 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta24:0212:02+1 AM–24:5712:57+1 AMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga08:218:21 AM–09:379:37 AMavoid
Udvega09:379:37 AM–10:5310:53 AMavoid
Cara10:5310:53 AM–12:0912:09 PMneutral
Lābha12:0912:09 PM–13:251:25 PMgood
Amṛta13:251:25 PM–14:412:41 PMgood
Kāla14:412:41 PM–15:573:57 PMavoid
Śubha15:573:57 PM–17:135:13 PMgood
Roga17:135:13 PM–18:296:29 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:296:29 PM–20:138:13 PMavoid
Lābha20:138:13 PM–21:579:57 PMgood
Udvega21:579:57 PM–23:4111:41 PMavoid
Śubha23:4111:41 PM–25:251:25+1 AMgood
Amṛta25:251:25+1 AM–27:093:09+1 AMgood
Cara27:093:09+1 AM–28:534:53+1 AMneutral
Roga28:534:53+1 AM–30:376:37+1 AMavoid
Kāla30:376:37+1 AM–32:218:21+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:218:21 AM to 32:218:21+1 AM

08:218:21 AM sunrise18:296:29 PM sunsetsunrise 32:218:21+1 AM
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:0412:04+1 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 30:126:12+1 AM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 29:095:09+1 AM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:5812:58 PM
Kaulavauntil 24:0412:04+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 13:051:05 PM–13:451:45 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:573:57 PM–17:135:13 PM
Pradoṣa 18:296:29 PM–20:208:20 PM
Niśītha 25:011:01+1 AM–25:491:49+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:451:45 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:135:13 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 08 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:208:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:491:49+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  11. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī24:04 00:0412:04 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraSvātī30:12 06:126:12 AM WedViśākhā
YogaŚūla29:09 05:095:09 AM WedGaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava12:5812:58 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra32:21 08:218:21 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2051
Śaka
1916
Kali
5095
Ahargaṇa
1 861 276
Day length
10 h 08 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
26:242:24+1 AM
Moonset
12:2212:22 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:306:30 AM08:218:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:306:30 AM07:267:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:586:58 AM08:218:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:218:21 AM10:2310:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2310:23 AM12:2412:24 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2310:23 AM11:0311:03 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:5310:53 AM12:0912:09 PMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:4012:40 PM14:112:11 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday13:011:01 PM13:491:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:051:05 PM13:451:45 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:251:25 PM14:412:41 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:262:26 PM16:274:27 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:063:06 PM15:473:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:573:57 PM17:135:13 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:274:27 PM18:296:29 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:296:29 PM20:208:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:296:29 PM18:576:57 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:296:29 PM19:527:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:499:49 PM23:2011:20 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:0212:02+1 AM24:5712:57+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight25:011:01+1 AM25:491:49+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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