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Wednesday 28 January 1959 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 23:3911:39 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:539:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:107:10 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4710:47 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 223° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 87% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 223° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:145:14 AM–06:126:12 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:435:43 AM–07:107:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:271:27 PM–14:052:05 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:364:36 PM–17:055:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:364:36 PM–18:036:03 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:403:40 AM+1–29:125:12 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:218:21 AM–09:329:32 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4210:42 AM–11:5311:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3411:34 AM–12:1212:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5311:53 AM–13:041:04 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya18:326:32 PM–20:038:03 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Lābha07:107:10 AM–08:218:21 AMgood
Amṛta08:218:21 AM–09:329:32 AMgood
Kāla09:329:32 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Śubha10:4210:42 AM–11:5311:53 AMgood
Roga11:5311:53 AM–13:041:04 PMavoid
Udvega13:041:04 PM–14:152:15 PMavoid
Cara14:152:15 PM–15:253:25 PMneutral
Lābha15:253:25 PM–16:364:36 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:364:36 PM–18:256:25 PMavoid
Śubha18:256:25 PM–20:148:14 PMgood
Amṛta20:148:14 PM–22:0310:03 PMgood
Cara22:0310:03 PM–23:5311:53 PMneutral
Roga23:5311:53 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:421:42 AM+1–27:313:31 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:313:31 AM+1–29:205:20 AM+1good
Udvega29:205:20 AM+1–31:097:09 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:107:10 AM to 31:097:09 AM+1

07:107:10 AM sunrise16:364:36 PM sunsetsunrise 31:097:09 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 21:539:53 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 11:4111:41 AM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 26:182:18 AM+1
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:4710:47 AM
Bālavauntil 21:539:53 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5311:53 AM–13:041:04 PM
Pradoṣa 16:364:36 PM–18:326:32 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:041:04 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:326:32 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī21:539:53 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī11:4111:41 AMUttara Phalgunī
YogaAtigaṇḍa26:18 02:182:18 AM ThuSukarmā
KaraṇaBava10:4710:47 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:09 07:097:09 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2015
Śaka
1880
Kali
5059
Ahargaṇa
1 848 131
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
20:538:53 PM
Moonset
08:358:35 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:145:14 AM07:107:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:145:14 AM06:126:12 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:435:43 AM07:107:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:107:10 AM09:039:03 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:218:21 AM09:329:32 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:039:03 AM10:5710:57 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM11:5311:53 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5311:53 AM13:041:04 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM14:432:43 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:271:27 PM14:052:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:432:43 PM16:364:36 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:364:36 PM18:326:32 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:364:36 PM17:055:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:364:36 PM18:036:03 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:326:32 PM20:038:03 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:403:40 AM+129:125:12 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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