Tuesday 8 December 1964 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 17:185:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:577:57 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:247:24 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:465:46 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 32 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
07:247:24 AM to 31:257:25 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 | 19:577:57 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 17:465:46 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 30:49 06:496:49 AM Wed | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 19:577:57 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:25 07:257:25 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:285:28 AM | 07:247:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:285:28 AM | 06:266:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:575:57 AM | 07:247:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:247:24 AM | 09:189:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 09:189:18 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:189:18 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:479:47 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kāla | 10:3310:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:071:07 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 13:451:45 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 14:332:33 PM | 15:443:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:013:01 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 16:564:56 PM | 18:526:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 16:564:56 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 22:1510:15 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 22:4310:43 PM | 23:4111:41 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 23:4611:46 PM | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |