Wednesday 10 June 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 00:5712:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:541:54 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:584:58 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:495:49 AM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
12:2612:26 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 57 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
04:584:58 AM to 28:584:58 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 | 25:54 01:541:54 AM Thu | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 05:495:49 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 26:34 02:342:34 AM Thu | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:291:29 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 28:58 04:584:58 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:214:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:034:03 AM | 04:584:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:584:58 AM | 07:577:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:506:50 AM | 08:428:42 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:577:57 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3410:34 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:5612:56 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:182:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:561:56 PM | 16:554:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:192:19 PM | 16:014:01 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:562:56 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:554:55 PM | 19:547:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:547:54 PM | 21:079:07 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:547:54 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:547:54 PM | 20:498:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | 26:142:14 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |