Monday 2 September 1901 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 20:248:24 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:385:38 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 86 of 156 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:017:01 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1812:18 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 01 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:485:48 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 | 17:385:38 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 09:519:51 AM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 25:47 01:471:47 AM Tue | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 07:017:01 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:48 05:485:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:238:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:257:25 AM | 09:029:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:397:39 AM | 09:079:07 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:238:23 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:551:55 PM | 15:333:33 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:282:28 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:203:20 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:124:12 PM | 18:486:48 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:486:48 PM | 20:168:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:486:48 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:486:48 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5411:54 PM | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 26:472:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:164:16 AM+1 | 29:445:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |