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Friday 28 January 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:153:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:494:49 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:198:19 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:573:57 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:261:26 PM

The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 14 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:261:26 PM
At noon, 13:261:26 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 269° ahead of it, in Svātī, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 269° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:296:29 AM–07:247:24 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:566:56 AM–08:198:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:051:05 PM–13:461:46 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:083:08 PM–15:493:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla18:316:31 PM–20:158:15 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:336:33 PM–19:017:01 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:336:33 PM–19:567:56 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika09:369:36 AM–10:5210:52 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2210:22 AM–11:0311:03 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0912:09 PM–13:261:26 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:461:46 PM–14:272:27 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:593:59 PM–17:165:16 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Cara08:198:19 AM–09:369:36 AMneutral
Lābha09:369:36 AM–10:5210:52 AMgood
Amṛta10:5210:52 AM–12:0912:09 PMgood
Kāla12:0912:09 PM–13:261:26 PMavoid
Śubha13:261:26 PM–14:432:43 PMgood
Roga14:432:43 PM–15:593:59 PMavoid
Udvega15:593:59 PM–17:165:16 PMavoid
Cara17:165:16 PM–18:336:33 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:336:33 PM–20:168:16 PMavoid
Kāla20:168:16 PM–21:599:59 PMavoid
Lābha21:599:59 PM–23:4211:42 PMgood
Udvega23:4211:42 PM–25:261:26 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:261:26 AM+1–27:093:09 AM+1good
Amṛta27:093:09 AM+1–28:524:52 AM+1good
Cara28:524:52 AM+1–30:356:35 AM+1neutral
Roga30:356:35 AM+1–32:188:18 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:198:19 AM to 32:188:18 AM+1

08:198:19 AM sunrise18:336:33 PM sunsetsunrise 32:188:18 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 28:494:49 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 28:034:03 AM+1
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 20:098:09 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:573:57 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:494:49 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0912:09 PM–13:261:26 PM
Abhijit 13:051:05 PM–13:461:46 PM
Pradoṣa 18:336:33 PM–20:238:23 PM
Niśītha 25:021:02 AM+1–25:501:50 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:261:26 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:461:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 14 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:238:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:501:50 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī28:49 04:494:49 AM SatNavamī
NakṣatraSvātī28:03 04:034:03 AM SatViśākhā
YogaŚūla20:098:09 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava15:573:57 PMKaulava
VāraŚukravāra32:18 08:188:18 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 106
Day length
10 h 14 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
26:062:06 AM+1
Moonset
12:4012:40 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:296:29 AM08:198:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:296:29 AM07:247:24 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:566:56 AM08:198:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:198:19 AM10:2210:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:369:36 AM10:5210:52 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2210:22 AM12:2512:25 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2210:22 AM11:0311:03 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0912:09 PM13:261:26 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday13:021:02 PM13:501:50 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:051:05 PM13:461:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:461:46 PM14:272:27 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:272:27 PM16:304:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:083:08 PM15:493:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:593:59 PM17:165:16 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:304:30 PM18:336:33 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:316:31 PM20:158:15 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:336:33 PM20:238:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:336:33 PM19:017:01 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:336:33 PM19:567:56 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight25:021:02 AM+125:501:50 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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