Tuesday 30 September 2025 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:027:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:378:37 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:547:54 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:087:08+1 AM
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 | 20:378:37 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 08:488:48 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 27:33 03:333:33 AM Wed | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 07:547:54 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:08 07:087:08 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:305:30 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:305:30 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:555:55 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 09:309:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:309:30 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:309:30 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:031:03 PM | 14:312:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:142:14 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:013:01 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:004:00 PM | 17:295:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:364:36 PM | 18:586:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:586:58 PM | 20:358:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:586:58 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:586:58 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:077:07 PM | 20:508:50 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3912:39+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39+1 AM | 25:271:27+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:275:27+1 AM | 31:107:10+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |