Monday 1 May 2006 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 22:0810:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:329:32 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:274:27 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:449:44 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 14 h 22 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
04:274:27 AM to 28:254:25+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 | 21:329:32 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 24:25 00:2512:25 AM Tue | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 17:485:48 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 09:449:44 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:25 04:254:25 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:103:10 AM | 04:274:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:103:10 AM | 03:483:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:293:29 AM | 04:274:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:274:27 AM | 07:197:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:535:53 AM | 07:307:30 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:156:15 AM | 08:028:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:197:19 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:509:50 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 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 | 15:563:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:251:25 PM | 15:133:13 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:012:01 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:592:59 PM | 15:563:56 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:333:33 PM | 17:105:10 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:563:56 PM | 18:486:48 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:486:48 PM | 20:058:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:486:48 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:486:48 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |