Tuesday 21 December 1971 · Daegu, South Korea
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 04:154:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:343:34 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:327:32 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:573:57 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 43 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
07:327:32 AM to 31:327:32 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 | 27:34 03:343:34 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 26:47 02:472:47 AM Wed | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 17:145:14 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:573:57 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:32 07:327:32 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:375:37 AM | 07:327:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:375:37 AM | 06:356:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:066:06 AM | 07:327:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:327:32 AM | 09:289:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:289:28 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:289:28 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:589:58 AM | 11:1011:10 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:361:36 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:221:22 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:492:49 PM | 16:024:02 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:155:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:244:24 PM | 18:006:00 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:155:15 PM | 19:097:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:155:15 PM | 17:435:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:155:15 PM | 18:406:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5810:58 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 24:4812:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:436:43 AM+1 | 32:188:18 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |