Monday 3 September 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 18:236:23 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:498:49 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:485:48 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:377:37 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:1812:18 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 12 h 58 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
05:485:48 AM to 29:495:49 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 | 20:498:49 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 23:4611:46 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 16:194:19 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 07:377:37 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:49 05:495:49 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:204:20 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:204:20 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:424:42 AM | 05:485:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:485:48 AM | 08:248:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 07:257:25 AM | 09:039:03 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:248:24 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijit | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:351:35 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:551:55 PM | 15:323:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:272:27 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:193:19 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:114:11 PM | 18:476:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 16:354:35 PM | 18:226:22 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 18:476:47 PM | 20:158:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:476:47 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:476:47 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:5411:54 PM | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |