Sunday 8 December 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ravivāra. Caturthī began at 00:3112:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:422:42 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:067:06 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:349:34 AM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 13 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
07:067:06 AM to 31:077:07 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 26:42 02:422:42 AM Mon | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 09:349:34 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Brahma | 22:0410:04 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:391:39 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:07 07:077:07 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:085:08 AM | 07:067:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:085:08 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:375:37 AM | 07:067:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:067:06 AM | 08:578:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:578:57 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3812:38 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:151:15 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:012:01 PM | 15:103:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:292:29 PM | 16:194:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:053:05 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:103:10 PM | 16:194:19 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:194:19 PM | 18:186:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:194:19 PM | 16:494:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:194:19 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:246:24 PM | 20:108:10 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:015:01 AM+1 | 30:476:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |