Tuesday 17 January 1956 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 17:105:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:286:28 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:477:47 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:274:27 PM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
12:3712:37 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 39 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
07:477:47 AM to 31:477:47+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 | Śukla Caturthī | 18:286:28 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 16:274:27 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 28:55 04:554:55 AM Wed | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 18:286:28 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:47 07:477:47 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:525:52 AM | 07:477:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:525:52 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:216:21 AM | 07:477:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:477:47 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:428:42 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:439:43 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:491:49 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:023:02 PM | 16:144:14 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:303:30 PM | 17:265:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:265:26 PM | 19:217:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:265:26 PM | 17:555:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:265:26 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1111:11 PM | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:5512:55+1 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 25:011:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |