Friday 20 November 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 06:226:22 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:318:31 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1512:15 PM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
12:1212:12 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 49 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
07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19 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 | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 13:311:31 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 12:1512:15 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 19:237:23 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:19 07:197:19 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:245:24 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:535:53 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:318:31 AM | 09:459:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:169:16 AM | 09:559:55 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5910:59 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:311:31 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:392:39 PM | 15:533:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:075:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:075:07 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:075:07 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:075:07 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 26:002:00 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |