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Saturday 28 January 1978 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Śanivāra. Caturthī began at 20:228:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:069:06 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:297:29 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:478:47 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:3112:31 PM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 05 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:3112:31 PM
At noon, 12:3112:31 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 224° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 224° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:375:37 AM–06:336:33 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:056:05 AM–07:297:29 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1112:11 PM–12:5112:51 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:122:12 PM–14:522:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:345:34 PM–18:026:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:345:34 PM–18:576:57 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:143:14 AM+1–28:554:55 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:297:29 AM–08:448:44 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:297:29 AM–08:098:09 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:098:09 AM–08:498:49 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:0010:00 AM–11:1611:16 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:471:47 PM–15:033:03 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:135:13 PM–18:536:53 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Kāla07:297:29 AM–08:448:44 AMavoid
Śubha08:448:44 AM–10:0010:00 AMgood
Roga10:0010:00 AM–11:1611:16 AMavoid
Udvega11:1611:16 AM–12:3112:31 PMavoid
Cara12:3112:31 PM–13:471:47 PMneutral
Lābha13:471:47 PM–15:033:03 PMgood
Amṛta15:033:03 PM–16:184:18 PMgood
Kāla16:184:18 PM–17:345:34 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:345:34 PM–19:187:18 PMgood
Udvega19:187:18 PM–21:029:02 PMavoid
Śubha21:029:02 PM–22:4710:47 PMgood
Amṛta22:4710:47 PM–24:3112:31 AM+1good
Cara24:3112:31 AM+1–26:152:15 AM+1neutral
Roga26:152:15 AM+1–27:593:59 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:593:59 AM+1–29:445:44 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:445:44 AM+1–31:287:28 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:297:29 AM to 31:287:28 AM+1

07:297:29 AM sunrise17:345:34 PM sunsetsunrise 31:287:28 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 21:069:06 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 09:429:42 AM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 25:361:36 AM+1
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:478:47 AM
Bālavauntil 21:069:06 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0010:00 AM–11:1611:16 AM
Abhijit 12:1112:11 PM–12:5112:51 PM
Pradoṣa 17:345:34 PM–19:257:25 PM
Niśītha 24:0712:07 AM+1–24:5512:55 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:1611:16 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:5112:51 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 05 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:257:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:5512:55 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī21:069:06 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī09:429:42 AMUttara Phalgunī
YogaAtigaṇḍa25:36 01:361:36 AM SunSukarmā
KaraṇaBava08:478:47 AMBālava
VāraŚanivāra31:28 07:287:28 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2034
Śaka
1899
Kali
5078
Ahargaṇa
1 855 071
Day length
10 h 05 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
21:349:34 PM
Moonset
09:179:17 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:375:37 AM07:297:29 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:375:37 AM06:336:33 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:056:05 AM07:297:29 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:297:29 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:297:29 AM08:448:44 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:297:29 AM08:098:09 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:098:09 AM08:498:49 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:309:30 AM11:3111:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:0010:00 AM11:1611:16 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0712:07 PM12:5512:55 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1112:11 PM12:5112:51 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:321:32 PM15:333:33 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:471:47 PM15:033:03 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:122:12 PM14:522:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:333:33 PM17:345:34 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:135:13 PM18:536:53 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:345:34 PM19:257:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:345:34 PM18:026:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:345:34 PM18:576:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0712:07 AM+124:5512:55 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:143:14 AM+128:554:55 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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