Tuesday 23 March 1954 · Bucharest, Romania
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 21:559:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:2112:21+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:156:15 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:109:10 AM
Svātī gives way to Viśākhā.
Noon
12:2212:22 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 12 h 16 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
06:156:15 AM to 30:136:13+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 | 24:21 00:2112:21 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 09:109:10 AM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 23:3811:38 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 11:0911:09 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:13 06:136:13 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:414:41 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:414:41 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:045:04 AM | 06:156:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:156:15 AM | 08:428:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:428:42 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:428:42 AM | 09:319:31 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:199:19 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4712:47 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 | 13:551:55 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:252:25 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:263:26 PM | 17:145:14 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:273:27 PM | 16:594:59 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:034:03 PM | 18:316:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:316:31 PM | 20:048:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:316:31 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:316:31 PM | 19:417:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1211:12 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:112:11+1 AM | 27:583:58+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |