Thursday 16 March 2017 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 01:471:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:413:41 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:412:41 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 11 h 55 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
05:525:52 AM to 29:505:50 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 | 27:41 03:413:41 AM Fri | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 27:05 03:053:05 AM Fri | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 29:01 05:015:01 AM Fri | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:412:41 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:525:52 AM | 07:217:21 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:506:50 AM | 08:368:36 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:508:50 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:509:50 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:181:18 PM | 14:482:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:362:36 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:233:23 PM | 17:465:46 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:245:24 PM | 19:097:09 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:465:46 PM | 19:237:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:465:46 PM | 18:116:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:465:46 PM | 18:596:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:1212:12 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |