Friday 16 August 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 05:465:46 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:294:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 164 of 164 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
06:326:32 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:105:10 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 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
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06:326:32 AM to 30:336:33 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 | 28:29 04:294:29 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 25:49 01:491:49 AM Sat | Revatī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 25:40 01:401:40 AM Sat | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:105:10 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:33 06:336:33 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:095:09 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:095:09 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:305:30 AM | 06:326:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:326:32 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 08:148:14 AM | 09:579:57 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:169:16 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:169:16 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Varjya | 11:4311:43 AM | 13:171:17 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijit | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 13:501:50 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:442:44 PM | 17:285:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:393:39 PM | 16:344:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 16:474:47 PM | 18:306:30 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 17:285:28 PM | 20:138:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 20:138:13 PM | 21:359:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 20:138:13 PM | 20:338:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 20:138:13 PM | 21:159:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 21:079:07 PM | 22:4110:41 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |