Friday 17 September 1943 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 04:374:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:063:06 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:196:19 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0611:06 AM
Dhruva gives way to Vyāghāta.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 12 h 31 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
06:196:19 AM to 30:206:20 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 17:195:19 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 11:0611:06 AM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:463:46 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:20 06:206:20 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:474:47 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:474:47 AM | 05:335:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:105:10 AM | 06:196:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:196:19 AM | 08:498:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:537:53 AM | 09:279:27 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:498:49 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:498:49 AM | 09:399:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2710:27 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0111:01 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:301:30 PM | 15:023:02 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:501:50 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:402:40 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:423:42 PM | 17:165:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:204:20 PM | 18:506:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:506:50 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:506:50 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:506:50 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:462:46 AM+1 | 28:214:21 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |