Tuesday 12 May 2009 · Brooklyn, New York, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 04:394:39 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:017:01+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:425:42 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:485:48 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:5212:52 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 14 h 21 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:415:41+1 AM
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 | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 23:5611:56 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Siddha | 20:258:25 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:485:48 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:444:44 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 08:348:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:036:03 AM | 07:507:50 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:348:34 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:348:34 AM | 09:329:32 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:179:17 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:192:19 PM | 17:115:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:163:16 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:284:28 PM | 18:156:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:474:47 PM | 18:346:34 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:115:11 PM | 20:038:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:038:03 PM | 21:209:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:038:03 PM | 20:228:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:038:03 PM | 21:019:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0910:09 PM | 23:5611:56 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5411:54 PM | 24:3312:33+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2812:28+1 AM | 25:161:16+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |