Tuesday 28 May 2013 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 01:331:33 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:1710:17 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
03:543:54 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0110:01 AM
Śubha gives way to Śukla.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 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
03:543:54 AM to 27:533:53 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 | 22:1710:17 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 14:402:40 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śubha | 10:0110:01 AM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 11:5211:52 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 27:53 03:533:53 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:452:45 AM | 03:543:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:452:45 AM | 03:203:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:023:02 AM | 03:543:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:543:54 AM | 06:596:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:596:59 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:596:59 AM | 08:018:01 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:467:46 AM | 09:429:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2210:22 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:331:33 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:122:12 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:293:29 PM | 17:255:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 19:217:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:217:21 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:217:21 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:217:21 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:569:56 PM | 23:2311:23 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4610:46 PM | 23:2011:20 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |