Saturday 15 January 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 10:0310:03 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:568:56 AM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
08:258:25 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:568:56 AM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 54 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
08:258:25 AM to 32:258:25 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 | 08:568:56 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 21:039:03 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 14:222:22 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:568:56 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 32:25 08:258:25 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:326:32 AM | 08:258:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:326:32 AM | 07:297:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 07:007:00 AM | 08:258:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:258:25 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:399:39 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:258:25 AM | 09:059:05 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:059:05 AM | 09:449:44 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2410:24 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5410:54 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:021:02 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:062:06 PM | 15:393:39 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:222:22 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:372:37 PM | 15:513:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:013:01 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 18:196:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:115:11 PM | 18:446:44 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:196:19 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:196:19 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:196:19 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 25:461:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:066:06 AM+1 | 31:367:36 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |