Sunday 26 May 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Caturthī began at 02:592:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:101:10 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:594:59 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:457:45 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 72° above S. Day length 14 h 33 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
04:594:59 AM to 28:584:58 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 | 25:10 01:101:10 AM Mon | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 08:568:56 AM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Śūla | 07:457:45 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:591:59 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 28:58 04:584:58 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:433:43 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:433:43 AM | 04:214:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:024:02 AM | 04:594:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:594:59 AM | 07:537:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:537:53 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1512:15 PM | 14:042:04 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:431:43 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:412:41 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:543:54 PM | 17:435:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:374:37 PM | 19:327:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:355:35 PM | 18:346:34 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:435:43 PM | 19:327:32 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:327:32 PM | 20:478:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:327:32 PM | 19:517:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:327:32 PM | 20:288:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:308:30 PM | 22:0310:03 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |