Friday 14 January 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 02:252:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:095:09 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinateSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
08:368:36 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2212:22 PM
Āyuṣmān gives way to Saubhāgya.
Noon
13:271:27 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 41 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
08:368:36 AM to 32:368:36 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 | 29:09 05:095:09 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 18:416:41 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 12:2212:22 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:473:47 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 32:36 08:368:36 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:426:42 AM | 08:368:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:426:42 AM | 07:397:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 07:107:10 AM | 08:368:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:368:36 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:499:49 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:3310:33 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:3310:33 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:271:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:031:03 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:081:08 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:461:46 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:252:25 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:043:04 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:523:52 PM | 17:055:05 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:583:58 PM | 17:465:46 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 18:186:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:186:18 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:186:18 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:186:18 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:031:03 AM+1 | 25:511:51 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:433:43 AM+1 | 29:315:31 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |