Friday 26 February 2016 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 06:056:05 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:438:43 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:223:22 PM
Hasta gives way to Citrā.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 11 h 58 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:256:25 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 | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 15:223:22 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 28:12 04:124:12 AM Sat | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 19:237:23 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:25 06:256:25 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:494:49 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:494:49 AM | 05:375:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:135:13 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:557:55 AM | 09:249:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:378:37 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:488:48 AM | 09:369:36 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5410:54 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:232:23 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:233:23 PM | 16:534:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:226:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:226:22 PM | 19:597:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:226:22 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:226:22 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | 26:122:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |