Tuesday 16 November 1999 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:254:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:295:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:517:51 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1012:10 PM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
12:5812:58 PM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 13 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
07:517:51 AM to 31:527:52 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 30:20 06:206:20 AM Wed | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 12:1012:10 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:035:03 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:52 07:527:52 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:016:01 AM | 07:517:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:016:01 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:296:29 AM | 07:517:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:517:51 AM | 09:549:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:009:00 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:549:54 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:549:54 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5712:57 PM | 14:142:14 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:591:59 PM | 16:014:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:402:40 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:313:31 PM | 16:474:47 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:014:01 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:046:04 PM | 19:547:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:046:04 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:046:04 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:147:14 PM | 20:568:56 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3511:35 PM | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 25:221:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |