Monday 29 November 1954 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 03:163:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:524:52 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:007:00 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:074:07 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:2811:28 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 55 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
07:007:00 AM to 31:027:02 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 | 28:52 04:524:52 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 18:436:43 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 24:30 00:3012:30 AM Tue | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:074:07 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:02 07:027:02 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 07:007:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:305:30 AM | 07:007:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:007:00 AM | 08:478:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:078:07 AM | 09:149:14 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:478:47 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:421:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:281:28 PM | 15:133:13 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:331:33 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:092:09 PM | 15:563:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:563:56 PM | 17:565:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:563:56 PM | 16:264:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:563:56 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0511:05 PM | 23:5311:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:193:19 AM+1 | 29:025:02 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |