Wednesday 15 December 1943 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 05:355:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:587:58 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:178:17 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:446:44 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 36 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
08:178:17 AM to 32:188:18 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 | 31:58 07:587:58 AM Thu | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 29:12 05:125:12 AM Thu | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Indra | 29:21 05:215:21 AM Thu | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 18:446:44 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 32:18 08:188:18 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:146:14 AM | 08:178:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:146:14 AM | 07:157:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:446:44 AM | 08:178:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:178:17 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:219:21 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2111:21 AM | 13:081:08 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:391:39 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:261:26 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:012:01 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 16:524:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:524:52 PM | 18:566:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:524:52 PM | 17:235:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:524:52 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0410:04 PM | 23:5111:51 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |