Tuesday 10 December 1991 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 18:546:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:409:40 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:257:25 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:178:17 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 30 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
07:257:25 AM to 31:267:26 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 | 21:409:40 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 17:055:05 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 28:15 04:154:15 AM Wed | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 08:178:17 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:26 07:267:26 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:585:58 AM | 07:257:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:257:25 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:199:19 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:489:48 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:519:51 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:461:46 PM | 14:242:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 15:443:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:023:02 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:526:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:379:37 PM | 23:2511:25 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4410:44 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |