Monday 21 July 1947 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 23:5611:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:109:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2810:28 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:2912:29 PM
The Sun 88° above S. Day length 13 h 19 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:505:50 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 | 21:109:10 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 27:34 03:343:34 AM Tue | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 24:44 00:4412:44 AM Tue | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:2810:28 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:297:29 AM | 09:099:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4910:49 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4512:45 PM | 14:142:14 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:491:49 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:092:09 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:422:42 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:353:35 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:284:28 PM | 19:087:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:087:08 PM | 20:348:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:087:08 PM | 19:297:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:087:08 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:389:38 PM | 23:0711:07 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |