Monday 17 May 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 05:005:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:083:08 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:105:10 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:064:06 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 14 h 26 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
05:105:10 AM to 29:095:09 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 | 27:08 03:083:08 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 25:49 01:491:49 AM Tue | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 16:084:08 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:064:06 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:09 05:095:09 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:543:54 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:543:54 AM | 04:324:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:134:13 AM | 05:105:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:105:10 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:596:59 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3510:35 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5610:56 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:501:50 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:122:12 PM | 16:004:00 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:463:46 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:174:17 PM | 17:485:48 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:434:43 PM | 19:377:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:377:37 PM | 20:538:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:377:37 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:377:37 PM | 20:348:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |