Thursday 7 August 1997 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 23:1611:16 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:541:54 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:284:28 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3612:36 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 14 h 35 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
04:284:28 AM to 28:294:29 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 | 25:54 01:541:54 AM Fri | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 27:04 03:043:04 AM Fri | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śiva | 18:016:01 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:3612:36 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:29 04:294:29 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:133:13 AM | 04:284:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:133:13 AM | 03:503:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:313:31 AM | 04:284:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:284:28 AM | 07:237:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:284:28 AM | 06:176:17 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:237:23 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:028:02 AM | 09:519:51 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:078:07 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:199:19 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:351:35 PM | 15:243:24 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:103:10 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:084:08 PM | 19:037:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:556:55 PM | 20:448:44 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:037:03 PM | 20:188:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:037:03 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:037:03 PM | 20:008:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |