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Saturday 5 December 2009 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Śanivāra. Caturthī began at 05:575:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:073:07 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:223:22 PM

Śukla gives way to Brahma.

Noon

12:4312:43 PM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram12:4312:43 PM
At noon, 12:4312:43 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 220° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 88% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 220° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:335:33 AM–06:266:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:595:59 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2212:22 PM–13:051:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:312:31 PM–15:153:15 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:335:33 PM–19:007:00 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:086:08 PM–18:346:34 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:086:08 PM–19:277:27 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:187:18 AM–08:408:40 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:187:18 AM–08:028:02 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:028:02 AM–08:458:45 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya08:498:49 AM–10:1610:16 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla10:0110:01 AM–11:2211:22 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:042:04 PM–15:263:26 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:043:04 AM+1–28:324:32 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Kāla07:187:18 AM–08:408:40 AMavoid
Śubha08:408:40 AM–10:0110:01 AMgood
Roga10:0110:01 AM–11:2211:22 AMavoid
Udvega11:2211:22 AM–12:4312:43 PMavoid
Cara12:4312:43 PM–14:042:04 PMneutral
Lābha14:042:04 PM–15:263:26 PMgood
Amṛta15:263:26 PM–16:474:47 PMgood
Kāla16:474:47 PM–18:086:08 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:086:08 PM–19:477:47 PMgood
Udvega19:477:47 PM–21:269:26 PMavoid
Śubha21:269:26 PM–23:0511:05 PMgood
Amṛta23:0511:05 PM–24:4412:44 AM+1good
Cara24:4412:44 AM+1–26:222:22 AM+1neutral
Roga26:222:22 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:014:01 AM+1–29:405:40 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:405:40 AM+1–31:197:19 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise18:086:08 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Caturthīuntil 27:073:07 AM+1
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Punarvasuuntil 19:447:44 PM
Puṣyapast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 15:223:22 PM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:314:31 PM
Bālavauntil 27:073:07 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0110:01 AM–11:2211:22 AM
Abhijit 12:2212:22 PM–13:051:05 PM
Pradoṣa 18:086:08 PM–19:537:53 PM
Niśītha 24:2012:20 AM+1–25:081:08 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:2211:22 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:051:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 50 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:537:53 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. PuṣyaNakṣatra: Punarvasu ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:081:08 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī27:07 03:073:07 AM SunPañcamī
NakṣatraPunarvasu19:447:44 PMPuṣya
YogaŚukla15:223:22 PMBrahma
KaraṇaBava16:314:31 PMBālava
VāraŚanivāra31:19 07:197:19 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 705
Day length
10 h 50 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
21:249:24 PM
Moonset
10:0510:05 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:335:33 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:335:33 AM06:266:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:595:59 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:289:28 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:187:18 AM08:408:40 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:187:18 AM08:028:02 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:028:02 AM08:458:45 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:498:49 AM10:1610:16 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:289:28 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:0110:01 AM11:2211:22 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1912:19 PM13:071:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2212:22 PM13:051:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:481:48 PM15:583:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:042:04 PM15:263:26 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:312:31 PM15:153:15 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:583:58 PM18:086:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:335:33 PM19:007:00 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:086:08 PM19:537:53 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:086:08 PM18:346:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:086:08 PM19:277:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2012:20 AM+125:081:08 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:043:04 AM+128:324:32 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
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