Thursday 23 October 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:1212:12 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:351:35 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:287:28 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:397:39 AM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
12:5712:57 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 59 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
07:287:28 AM to 31:297:29 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 | 25:35 01:351:35 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 07:397:39 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Siddha | 09:159:15 AM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:4812:48 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:29 07:297:29 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:445:44 AM | 07:287:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:445:44 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:106:10 AM | 07:287:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:287:28 AM | 09:399:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:287:28 AM | 08:508:50 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:399:39 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:032:03 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:192:19 PM | 15:423:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:313:31 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:154:15 PM | 18:276:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:224:22 PM | 18:066:06 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:276:27 PM | 20:118:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:276:27 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:276:27 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 25:221:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:492:49 AM+1 | 28:344:34 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |