Monday 17 December 1917 · Bucharest, Romania
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 05:515:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:403:40 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:307:30 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:199:19 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 50 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
07:307:30 AM to 31:317:31 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 | 27:40 03:403:40 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 09:199:19 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 27:00 03:003:00 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:474:47 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:31 07:317:31 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:307:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:595:59 AM | 07:307:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:307:30 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:378:37 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4910:49 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:082:08 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:041:04 PM | 14:342:34 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:241:24 PM | 13:591:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:591:59 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:352:35 PM | 16:214:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:214:21 PM | 18:226:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:214:21 PM | 16:514:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:214:21 PM | 17:525:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0310:03 PM | 23:3311:33 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |