Tuesday 2 February 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 03:273:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3312:33 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:357:35 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:061:06 PM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
12:4012:40 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 11 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
07:357:35 AM to 31:347:34 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 24:33 00:3312:33 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 28:20 04:204:20 AM Wed | Hasta |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 13:061:06 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:561:56 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:34 07:347:34 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:455:45 AM | 07:357:35 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:455:45 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:126:12 AM | 07:357:35 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:357:35 AM | 09:389:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:389:38 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:389:38 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0810:08 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:051:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:571:57 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:001:00 PM | 14:282:28 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:421:42 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:222:22 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 16:304:30 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:443:44 PM | 17:465:46 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:465:46 PM | 19:367:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:465:46 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:465:46 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:469:46 PM | 23:1311:13 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 25:041:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |