Thursday 3 July 2003 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 03:483:48 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:173:17 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
03:523:52 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:353:35 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 15 h 44 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
03:523:52 AM to 27:523:52 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 | 27:17 03:173:17 AM Fri | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 17:155:15 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 22:0410:04 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:353:35 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 27:52 03:523:52 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:462:46 AM | 03:523:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:462:46 AM | 03:193:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:023:02 AM | 03:523:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:523:52 AM | 07:017:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 03:523:52 AM | 05:505:50 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:525:52 AM | 07:297:29 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:017:01 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:487:48 AM | 09:469:46 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:079:07 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:181:18 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:421:42 PM | 15:403:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:212:21 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:243:24 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:373:37 PM | 17:155:15 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:274:27 PM | 19:367:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:367:36 PM | 20:428:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:367:36 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:367:36 PM | 20:268:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |