Monday 13 April 2009 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 23:4911:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:191:19+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
04:584:58 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3012:30 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 27 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
04:584:58 AM to 28:564:56+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 25:19 01:191:19 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 22:5010:50 PM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 23:1011:10 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:3012:30 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:56 04:564:56 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:154:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:543:54 AM | 04:584:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:584:58 AM | 07:397:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:386:38 AM | 08:198:19 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:397:39 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:181:18 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:221:22 PM | 15:033:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:492:49 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:433:43 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:246:24 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:246:24 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:246:24 PM | 19:287:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |