Tuesday 18 December 2001 · Changchun, Jilin, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 06:456:45 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:308:30+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1610:16 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:3511:35 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 8 h 54 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09+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 | Śukla Caturthī | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 10:1610:16 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Wed | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 19:337:33 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:075:07 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:075:07 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 08:558:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:558:55 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:558:55 AM | 09:319:31 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:229:22 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1111:11 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:152:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:041:04 PM | 13:401:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:491:49 PM | 14:552:55 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:152:15 PM | 16:024:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:392:39 PM | 16:254:25 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:024:02 PM | 18:036:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:024:02 PM | 16:324:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:024:02 PM | 17:335:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0510:05 PM | 23:0511:05 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1111:11 PM | 23:5911:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:101:10+1 AM | 26:562:56+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |