Friday 11 December 1942 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 00:0912:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:049:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:268:26 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3310:33 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
13:111:11 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 30 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
08:268:26 AM to 32:278:27 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 Caturthī | 21:049:04 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 14:552:55 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 21:479:47 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:3310:33 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 32:27 08:278:27 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:306:30 AM | 08:268:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:306:30 AM | 07:287:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:596:59 AM | 08:268:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:268:26 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:119:11 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:379:37 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2010:20 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2010:20 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0012:00 PM | 13:111:11 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:301:30 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:082:08 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:462:46 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:333:33 PM | 16:454:45 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:024:02 PM | 17:565:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:565:56 PM | 19:527:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:565:56 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:565:56 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:356:35 PM | 20:038:03 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 25:351:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:223:22 AM+1 | 28:504:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |