Tuesday 5 July 2011 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 12:3812:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:3410:34 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:594:59 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3410:34 AM
Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 14 h 48 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
04:594:59 AM to 28:594:59 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 | 10:3410:34 AM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 21:439:43 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 23:0011:00 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:3410:34 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:224:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:034:03 AM | 04:594:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:594:59 AM | 07:567:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:567:56 AM | 10:5410:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:567:56 AM | 08:558:55 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:418:41 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2312:23 PM | 14:142:14 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:511:51 PM | 16:494:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:512:51 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:054:05 PM | 17:565:56 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:494:49 PM | 19:477:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:277:27 PM | 20:588:58 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:477:47 PM | 21:009:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:477:47 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:477:47 PM | 20:428:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |