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Tuesday 6 January 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 11:1711:17 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:219:21 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:268:26 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:219:21 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

13:191:19 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:191:19 PM
At noon, 13:191:19 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 98° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 57% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 98° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:326:32 AM–07:297:29 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā07:007:00 AM–08:268:26 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:0211:02 AM–12:3312:33 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:5912:59 PM–13:381:38 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:562:56 PM–15:353:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:116:11 PM–18:406:40 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:116:11 PM–19:377:37 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:195:19 AM+1–30:506:50 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta10:2310:23 AM–11:0211:02 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:5210:52 AM–12:0612:06 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:191:19 PM–14:322:32 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:453:45 PM–16:584:58 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:5311:53 PM–24:5012:50 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya32:218:21 AM+1–33:539:53 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Roga08:268:26 AM–09:399:39 AMavoid
Udvega09:399:39 AM–10:5210:52 AMavoid
Cara10:5210:52 AM–12:0612:06 PMneutral
Lābha12:0612:06 PM–13:191:19 PMgood
Amṛta13:191:19 PM–14:322:32 PMgood
Kāla14:322:32 PM–15:453:45 PMavoid
Śubha15:453:45 PM–16:584:58 PMgood
Roga16:584:58 PM–18:116:11 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:116:11 PM–19:587:58 PMavoid
Lābha19:587:58 PM–21:459:45 PMgood
Udvega21:459:45 PM–23:3211:32 PMavoid
Śubha23:3211:32 PM–25:191:19 AM+1good
Amṛta25:191:19 AM+1–27:063:06 AM+1good
Cara27:063:06 AM+1–28:524:52 AM+1neutral
Roga28:524:52 AM+1–30:396:39 AM+1avoid
Kāla30:396:39 AM+1–32:268:26 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:268:26 AM to 32:268:26 AM+1

08:268:26 AM sunrise18:116:11 PM sunsetsunrise 32:268:26 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 09:219:21 AM
Navamīuntil 31:317:31 AM+1
Daśamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 13:181:18 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 20:598:59 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:219:21 AM
Bālavauntil 20:258:25 PM
Kaulavauntil 31:317:31 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:5912:59 PM–13:381:38 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:453:45 PM–16:584:58 PM
Pradoṣa 18:116:11 PM–20:058:05 PM
Niśītha 24:5512:55 AM+1–25:431:43 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. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:381:38 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:584:58 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 45 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:058:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:431:43 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. DaśamīTithi: Navamī ends.
  13. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  14. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī09:219:21 AMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī13:181:18 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva20:598:59 PMSiddha
KaraṇaBava09:219:21 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra32:26 08:268:26 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 354
Day length
9 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
13:281:28 PM
Moonset
26:342:34 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:326:32 AM08:268:26 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:326:32 AM07:297:29 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight07:007:00 AM08:268:26 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:268:26 AM10:2310:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2310:23 AM12:2012:20 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2310:23 AM11:0211:02 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:5210:52 AM12:0612:06 PMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:0211:02 AM12:3312:33 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5512:55 PM13:431:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5912:59 PM13:381:38 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:191:19 PM14:322:32 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:172:17 PM16:144:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:562:56 PM15:353:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:453:45 PM16:584:58 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:144:14 PM18:116:11 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:116:11 PM20:058:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:116:11 PM18:406:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:116:11 PM19:377:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:5311:53 PM24:5012:50 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:5512:55 AM+125:431:43 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:195:19 AM+130:506:50 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra32:218:21 AM+133:539:53 AM+1sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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