Monday 29 May 2017 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 16:354:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:371:37 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
03:533:53 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:379:37 AM
Gaṇḍa gives way to Vṛddhi.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 h 29 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
03:533:53 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 | 13:371:37 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 15:553:55 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 09:379:37 AM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:371:37 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 27:52 03:523:52 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:452:45 AM | 03:533:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:452:45 AM | 03:193:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:023:02 AM | 03:533:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:533:53 AM | 06:596:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 04:584:58 AM | 06:256:25 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 05:495:49 AM | 07:457:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:596:59 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:429:42 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:0912:09 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 | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:341:34 PM | 15:303:30 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:431:43 PM | 15:113:11 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:143:14 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 19:227:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:227:22 PM | 20:308:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:227:22 PM | 19:397:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:227:22 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |