Monday 7 June 1943 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 12:5812:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:283:28 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:484:48 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:283:28 PM
Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.
Noon
12:3812:38 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 15 h 41 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
04:484:48 AM to 28:484:48 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 | 15:283:28 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 27:52 03:523:52 AM Tue | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 28:21 04:214:21 AM Tue | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:283:28 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:48 04:484:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:423:42 AM | 04:484:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:423:42 AM | 04:154:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:583:58 AM | 04:484:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:484:48 AM | 07:577:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:466:46 AM | 08:448:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:577:57 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:469:46 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4110:41 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:101:10 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:132:13 PM | 17:215:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:362:36 PM | 16:344:34 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:153:15 PM | 16:184:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:184:18 PM | 17:215:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:215:21 PM | 20:298:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:298:29 PM | 21:369:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:298:29 PM | 20:468:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:298:29 PM | 21:199:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:388:38 PM | 22:2610:26 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1412:14 AM+1 | 25:021:02 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |