Monday 1 August 1988 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 01:571:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:4810:48 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:196:19 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2012:20 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
13:241:24 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 14 h 10 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
06:196:19 AM to 30:206:20 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 | 22:4810:48 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 22:0110:01 PM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 23:2211:22 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:2012:20 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:20 06:206:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:015:01 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:015:01 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:196:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:196:19 AM | 09:099:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:058:05 AM | 09:529:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:099:09 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:241:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5612:56 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:001:00 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:521:52 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:482:48 PM | 16:144:14 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:492:49 PM | 17:395:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:103:10 PM | 16:574:57 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:463:46 PM | 16:424:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:424:42 PM | 17:395:39 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:395:39 PM | 20:298:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:298:29 PM | 21:489:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:298:29 PM | 20:498:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:298:29 PM | 21:289:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:011:01 AM+1 | 25:491:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |