Monday 24 January 2000 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 04:374:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:063:06 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:147:14 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:463:46 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 16 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
07:147:14 AM to 31:137:13 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 24:19 00:1912:19 AM Tue | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 24:07 00:0712:07 AM Tue | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:463:46 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:13 07:137:13 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:165:16 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 07:147:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:147:14 AM | 09:059:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:339:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:578:57 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:059:05 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4310:43 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4812:48 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:112:11 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:251:25 PM | 14:022:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:022:02 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:392:39 PM | 16:304:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:304:30 PM | 18:286:28 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:304:30 PM | 16:594:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:304:30 PM | 17:585:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:106:10 PM | 19:437:43 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |