Tuesday 21 May 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 00:0012:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:102:10+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:004:00 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:031:03 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 15 h 14 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
04:004:00 AM to 27:593:59+1 AM
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 | 26:10 02:102:10 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 15:493:49 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Śūla | 21:549:54 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:031:03 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 27:59 03:593:59 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:502:50 AM | 04:004:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:502:50 AM | 03:253:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:073:07 AM | 04:004:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:004:00 AM | 07:037:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 04:444:44 AM | 06:306:30 AM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:037:03 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:037:03 AM | 08:048:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:487:48 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:311:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:092:09 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:253:25 PM | 17:205:20 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:114:11 PM | 19:147:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:147:14 PM | 20:248:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:147:14 PM | 19:317:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:147:14 PM | 20:068:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4410:44 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |