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Tuesday 3 December 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:4911:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 26:172:17 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:098:09 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:061:06 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:031:03 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 48 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:031:03 PM
At noon, 13:031:03 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 270° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 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 muhūrta06:156:15 AM–07:127:12 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:436:43 AM–08:098:09 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4312:43 PM–13:221:22 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:412:41 PM–15:203:20 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:575:57 PM–18:256:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:575:57 PM–19:227:22 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:2112:21 AM+1–26:082:08 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta10:0610:06 AM–10:4510:45 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3610:36 AM–11:4911:49 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:031:03 PM–14:162:16 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:371:37 PM–15:243:24 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla15:303:30 PM–16:434:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:3811:38 PM–24:3512:35 AM+1an 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

Roga08:098:09 AM–09:229:22 AMavoid
Udvega09:229:22 AM–10:3610:36 AMavoid
Cara10:3610:36 AM–11:4911:49 AMneutral
Lābha11:4911:49 AM–13:031:03 PMgood
Amṛta13:031:03 PM–14:162:16 PMgood
Kāla14:162:16 PM–15:303:30 PMavoid
Śubha15:303:30 PM–16:434:43 PMgood
Roga16:434:43 PM–17:575:57 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:575:57 PM–19:437:43 PMavoid
Lābha19:437:43 PM–21:309:30 PMgood
Udvega21:309:30 PM–23:1711:17 PMavoid
Śubha23:1711:17 PM–25:031:03 AM+1good
Amṛta25:031:03 AM+1–26:502:50 AM+1good
Cara26:502:50 AM+1–28:364:36 AM+1neutral
Roga28:364:36 AM+1–30:236:23 AM+1avoid
Kāla30:236:23 AM+1–32:108:10 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:098:09 AM to 32:108:10 AM+1

08:098:09 AM sunrise17:575:57 PM sunsetsunrise 32:108:10 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:172:17 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 31:307:30 AM+1
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 28:324:32 AM+1
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:061:06 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:172:17 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:4312:43 PM–13:221:22 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:303:30 PM–16:434:43 PM
Pradoṣa 17:575:57 PM–19:507:50 PM
Niśītha 24:3912:39 AM+1–25:271:27 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:221:22 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:434:43 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 48 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:507:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:271:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī26:17 02:172:17 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī31:30 07:307:30 AM WedUttara Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha28:32 04:324:32 AM WedPrīti
KaraṇaBālava13:061:06 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra32:10 08:108:10 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 955
Day length
9 h 48 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
25:251:25 AM+1
Moonset
13:261:26 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:156:15 AM08:098:09 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:156:15 AM07:127:12 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:436:43 AM08:098:09 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:098:09 AM10:0610:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:0610:06 AM12:0412:04 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:0610:06 AM10:4510:45 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3610:36 AM11:4911:49 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:3912:39 PM13:271:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4312:43 PM13:221:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:031:03 PM14:162:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:371:37 PM15:243:24 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:022:02 PM15:593:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:412:41 PM15:203:20 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:303:30 PM16:434:43 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:593:59 PM17:575:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:575:57 PM19:507:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:575:57 PM18:256:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:575:57 PM19:227:22 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:3811:38 PM24:3512:35 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:2112:21 AM+126:082:08 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:3912:39 AM+125:271:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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