Sunday 6 September 1959 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Caturthī began at 04:304:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:142:14 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:055:05 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:171:17 PM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 13 h 07 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
05:055:05 AM to 29:065:06 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 | 26:14 02:142:14 AM Mon | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 23:4911:49 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 13:171:17 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:233:23 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:06 05:065:06 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:383:38 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:383:38 AM | 04:224:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:004:00 AM | 05:055:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:055:05 AM | 07:427:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:427:42 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:488:48 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:171:17 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:552:55 PM | 16:334:33 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:343:34 PM | 18:126:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:274:27 PM | 17:195:19 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:334:33 PM | 18:126:12 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:495:49 PM | 19:197:19 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:126:12 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:126:12 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:126:12 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:035:03 AM+1 | 30:336:33 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |