Tuesday 17 March 1964 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 03:123:12 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3712:37 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3610:36 AM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 59 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:266:26 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 | 24:37 00:3712:37 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 10:3610:36 AM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Indra | 10:5010:50 AM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:541:54 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:26 06:266:26 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:514:51 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:514:51 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:155:15 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:276:27 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 06:556:55 AM | 08:238:23 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgava | 08:518:51 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:518:51 AM | 09:399:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:279:27 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:571:57 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:391:39 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:272:27 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 15:273:27 PM | 16:574:57 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:034:03 PM | 18:276:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:276:27 PM | 20:028:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:276:27 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:276:27 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 19:287:28 PM | 20:578:57 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 28:204:20 AM+1 | 29:495:49 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |