Thursday 30 December 1943 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 03:463:46 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5112:51 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:248:24 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:009:00 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:4212:42 PM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 35 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
08:248:24 AM to 32:258:25 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 | 24:51 00:5112:51 AM Fri | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 09:009:00 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 27:52 03:523:52 AM Fri | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:172:17 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 32:25 08:258:25 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:216:21 AM | 08:248:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:216:21 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:526:52 AM | 08:248:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:248:24 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0810:08 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3310:33 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2512:25 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3912:39 PM | 14:062:06 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:341:34 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:471:47 PM | 14:512:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:082:08 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:422:42 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:173:17 PM | 17:005:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:005:00 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:005:00 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:005:00 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:239:23 PM | 22:5010:50 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 25:061:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |