Monday 18 December 1978 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 02:362:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:145:14 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:317:31 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:223:22 PM
Indra gives way to Vaidhṛti.
Noon
12:1412:14 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 26 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
07:317:31 AM to 31:327:32 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 29:14 05:145:14 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 20:218:21 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Indra | 15:223:22 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:543:54 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:32 07:327:32 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:355:35 AM | 07:317:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:355:35 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:046:04 AM | 07:317:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:317:31 AM | 09:259:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:428:42 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:259:25 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0411:04 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:091:09 PM | 14:572:57 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:251:25 PM | 14:362:36 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:272:27 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 16:584:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:584:58 PM | 18:546:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:584:58 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:584:58 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |