Monday 5 May 2003 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 03:393:39 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:355:35 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:214:21 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5610:56 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 14 h 32 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
04:214:21 AM to 28:204:20 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 | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Tue | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 10:5610:56 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:404:40 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:20 04:204:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:053:05 AM | 04:214:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:053:05 AM | 03:433:43 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:243:24 AM | 04:214:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:214:21 AM | 07:167:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 04:274:27 AM | 06:136:13 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:106:10 AM | 07:597:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:167:16 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:489:48 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 13:041:04 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:041:04 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 15:153:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:013:01 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:053:05 PM | 16:514:51 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:536:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:536:53 PM | 20:098:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:536:53 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:536:53 PM | 19:507:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |