Wednesday 20 August 2008 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 19:497:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:306:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:565:56 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:127:12 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:0412:04 PM
The Sun 83° above N. Day length 12 h 16 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
05:565:56 AM to 29:565:56 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 18:306:30 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 08:588:58 AM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Śūla | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Thu | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 07:127:12 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:56 05:565:56 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:224:22 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:224:22 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 05:565:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:565:56 AM | 08:238:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:287:28 AM | 09:009:00 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:238:23 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3210:32 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0412:04 PM | 13:361:36 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:181:18 PM | 15:453:45 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:072:07 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:453:45 PM | 18:126:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:126:12 PM | 19:467:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:126:12 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:126:12 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:368:36 PM | 22:0910:09 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4011:40 PM | 24:2812:28 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:545:54 AM+1 | 31:277:27 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |