Thursday 30 August 2018 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 21:389:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:1010:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
06:046:04 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:589:58 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 88° above N. Day length 12 h 15 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
06:046:04 AM to 30:046:04+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 22:1010:10 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 20:018:01 PM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 20:308:30 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 09:589:58 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:04 06:046:04 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:304:30 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:304:30 AM | 05:175:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:534:53 AM | 06:046:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:046:04 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:046:04 AM | 07:367:36 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:257:25 AM | 09:059:05 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:079:07 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0910:09 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:251:25 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:431:43 PM | 15:153:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:033:03 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:523:52 PM | 18:196:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:305:30 PM | 19:117:11 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:196:19 PM | 19:537:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:196:19 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:196:19 PM | 19:297:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |