Friday 1 September 1916 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 03:593:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:573:57 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:594:59 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:417:41 AM
Hasta gives way to Citrā.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 21 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
04:594:59 AM to 29:005:00 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 | 27:57 03:573:57 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 07:417:41 AM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 26:52 02:522:52 AM Sat | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:014:01 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:00 05:005:00 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:174:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:553:55 AM | 04:594:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:594:59 AM | 07:397:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:396:39 AM | 08:198:19 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:397:39 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:397:39 AM | 08:338:33 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:531:53 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:003:00 PM | 16:404:40 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:403:40 PM | 18:206:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:523:52 PM | 17:305:30 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:206:20 PM | 19:467:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:206:20 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:206:20 PM | 19:247:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:421:42 AM+1 | 27:203:20 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |