Sunday 20 August 2023 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Caturthī began at 00:5012:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:532:53 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:444:44 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:541:54 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 58 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
04:444:44 AM to 28:454:45 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 | 26:53 02:532:53 AM Mon | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | past sunrise | Citrā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 24:28 00:2812:28 AM Mon | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:541:54 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 28:45 04:454:45 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:243:24 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:243:24 AM | 04:044:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:443:44 AM | 04:444:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:444:44 AM | 07:327:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:327:32 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 13:281:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:361:36 PM | 15:223:22 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 16:574:57 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:553:55 PM | 18:426:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:504:50 PM | 17:465:46 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:574:57 PM | 18:426:42 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:426:42 PM | 20:038:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:426:42 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:426:42 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 26:002:00 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |