Monday 13 December 1954 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 00:1212:12 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:2510:25 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:287:28 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1311:13 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1212:12 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 28 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
07:287:28 AM to 31:297:29 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 | 22:2510:25 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 23:5411:54 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Indra | 27:21 03:213:21 AM Tue | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 11:1311:13 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:29 07:297:29 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:325:32 AM | 07:287:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:325:32 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:016:01 AM | 07:287:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:287:28 AM | 09:219:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:378:37 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:398:39 AM | 09:509:50 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:219:21 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0111:01 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:231:23 PM | 14:342:34 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:471:47 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:252:25 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:033:03 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:536:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:475:47 PM | 19:197:19 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4811:48 PM | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |