Monday 13 April 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 23:4911:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:191:19+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3012:30 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 10 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
05:535:53 AM to 29:515:51+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 | 25:19 01:191:19 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 22:5010:50 PM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 23:1011:10 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:3012:30 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:484:48 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:317:31 AM | 09:109:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4910:49 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:181:18 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:254:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:323:32 PM | 16:254:25 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:254:25 PM | 19:037:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:037:03 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:037:03 PM | 19:247:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:037:03 PM | 20:088:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 24:5112:51+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:025:02+1 AM | 30:486:48+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |