Tuesday 6 October 1959 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 11:5611:56 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:578:57 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:578:57 AM
Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.
Noon
11:2811:28 AM
The Sun 39° above S. Day length 11 h 28 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:455:45 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 | 08:578:57 AM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 25:16 01:161:16 AM Wed | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 10:4710:47 AM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:578:57 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:544:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:294:29 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:027:02 AM | 08:298:29 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:028:02 AM | 08:478:47 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:368:36 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:5412:54 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3712:37 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:231:23 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:202:20 PM | 15:463:46 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:552:55 PM | 17:125:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:473:47 PM | 17:155:15 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:125:12 PM | 18:536:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:125:12 PM | 17:375:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:125:12 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1310:13 PM | 23:0411:04 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0511:05 PM | 23:5311:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |