Tuesday 16 August 1988 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 05:135:13 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:437:43 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:336:33 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:232:23 PM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 39 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
06:336:33 AM to 30:346:34 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 | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 14:232:23 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Siddha | 14:382:38 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 18:306:30 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:34 06:346:34 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:105:10 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:105:10 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:315:31 AM | 06:336:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:336:33 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:169:16 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:221:22 PM | 15:043:04 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:442:44 PM | 17:285:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:393:39 PM | 16:334:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:474:47 PM | 18:296:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:285:28 PM | 20:128:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:128:12 PM | 21:349:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:128:12 PM | 20:328:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:128:12 PM | 21:149:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4911:49 PM | 25:371:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 25:021:02 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |