Wednesday 3 September 1924 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 13:461:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0512:05 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:025:02 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:047:04 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 13 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
05:025:02 AM to 29:035:03 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 | 12:0512:05 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 13:591:59 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 07:047:04 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:0512:05 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:03 05:035:03 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:363:36 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:363:36 AM | 04:194:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:573:57 AM | 05:025:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:025:02 AM | 07:417:41 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:416:41 AM | 08:208:20 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:417:41 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:517:51 AM | 09:239:23 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5812:58 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 18:166:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:166:16 PM | 19:437:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:166:16 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:166:16 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:197:19 PM | 20:508:50 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:264:26 AM+1 | 29:585:58 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |