Monday 21 October 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 04:024:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:406:40 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:336:33 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:225:22 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 00 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
06:336:33 AM to 30:346:34 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 | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 18:546:54 PM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 23:5711:57 PM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 17:225:22 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:34 06:346:34 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:494:49 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:494:49 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:155:15 AM | 06:336:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:336:33 AM | 08:458:45 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 07:097:09 AM | 08:588:58 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kāla | 07:557:55 AM | 09:189:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:458:45 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:2512:25 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:091:09 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:251:25 PM | 14:482:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 13:531:53 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:372:37 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:213:21 PM | 17:335:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:335:33 PM | 19:177:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:335:33 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:335:33 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 25:121:12 AM+1 | 27:013:01 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |