Thursday 19 November 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 01:121:12 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:363:36+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:167:16 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:252:25 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1212:12 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 52 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
07:167:16 AM to 31:177:17+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 27:36 03:363:36 AM Fri | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 24:44 00:4412:44 AM Fri | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 24:47 00:4712:47 AM Fri | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:252:25 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:17 07:177:17 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:235:23 AM | 07:167:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:235:23 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:167:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:167:16 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:167:16 AM | 08:308:30 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:167:16 AM | 09:049:04 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:149:14 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:449:44 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:3310:33 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:321:32 PM | 15:203:20 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:302:30 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:103:10 PM | 17:085:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:085:08 PM | 19:017:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:085:08 PM | 17:365:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:085:08 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4811:48 PM | 24:3612:36+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |