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March 1996 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 27 March 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:218:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4310:43 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhavānī Utpatti

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:077:07 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:319:31 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

13:181:18 PM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 24 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:181:18 PM
At noon, 13:181:18 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:345:34 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:575:57 AM–07:077:07 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:4312:43 PM–14:312:31 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya15:233:23 PM–16:124:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:317:31 PM–19:547:54 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:317:31 PM–20:408:40 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:408:40 AM–10:1310:13 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4611:46 AM–13:191:19 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5412:54 PM–13:431:43 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:191:19 PM–14:522:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha07:077:07 AM–08:408:40 AMgood
Amṛta08:408:40 AM–10:1310:13 AMgood
Kāla10:1310:13 AM–11:4611:46 AMavoid
Śubha11:4611:46 AM–13:191:19 PMgood
Roga13:191:19 PM–14:522:52 PMavoid
Udvega14:522:52 PM–16:254:25 PMavoid
Cara16:254:25 PM–17:585:58 PMneutral
Lābha17:585:58 PM–19:317:31 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:317:31 PM–20:578:57 PMavoid
Śubha20:578:57 PM–22:2410:24 PMgood
Amṛta22:2410:24 PM–23:5111:51 PMgood
Cara23:5111:51 PM–25:181:18+1 AMneutral
Roga25:181:18+1 AM–26:452:45+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:452:45+1 AM–28:124:12+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:124:12+1 AM–29:385:38+1 AMgood
Udvega29:385:38+1 AM–31:057:05+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:077:07 AM to 31:057:05+1 AM

07:077:07 AM sunrise19:317:31 PM sunsetsunrise 31:057:05+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:4310:43 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 23:5511:55 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 29:545:54+1 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 09:319:31 AM
Bavauntil 22:4310:43 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:191:19 PM–14:522:52 PM
Pradoṣa 19:317:31 PM–21:039:03 PM
Niśītha 24:5412:54+1 AM–25:421:42+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:522:52 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 12 h 24 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 21:039:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:421:42+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī22:4310:43 PMNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā23:5511:55 PMPunarvasu
YogaŚobhana29:54 05:545:54 AM ThuAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi09:319:31 AMBava
VāraBudhavāra31:05 07:057:05 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 704
Day length
12 h 24 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
12:3412:34 PM
Moonset
26:462:46+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:345:34 AM07:077:07 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:345:34 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:575:57 AM07:077:07 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:077:07 AM09:369:36 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:408:40 AM10:1310:13 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:369:36 AM12:0412:04 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4611:46 AM13:191:19 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:4312:43 PM14:312:31 PMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5412:54 PM13:431:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:5512:55 PM13:431:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:191:19 PM14:522:52 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:332:33 PM17:025:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:233:23 PM16:124:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:025:02 PM19:317:31 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:317:31 PM21:039:03 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:317:31 PM19:547:54 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:317:31 PM20:408:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:5412:54+1 AM25:421:42+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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