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Monday 20 January 2014 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Somavāra. Caturthī began at 20:028:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0210:02 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:457:45 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:308:30 AM

Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.

Noon

12:3812:38 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3812:38 PM
At noon, 12:3812:38 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 224° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 224° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:515:51 AM–06:486:48 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:206:20 AM–07:457:45 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1812:18 PM–12:5712:57 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:152:15 PM–14:542:54 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:315:31 PM–17:595:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:315:31 PM–18:566:56 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:317:31 PM–21:169:16 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya08:578:57 AM–10:4310:43 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla08:588:58 AM–10:1210:12 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2511:25 AM–12:3812:38 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5712:57 PM–13:361:36 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:511:51 PM–15:043:04 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:542:54 PM–15:343:34 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Amṛta07:457:45 AM–08:588:58 AMgood
Kāla08:588:58 AM–10:1210:12 AMavoid
Śubha10:1210:12 AM–11:2511:25 AMgood
Roga11:2511:25 AM–12:3812:38 PMavoid
Udvega12:3812:38 PM–13:511:51 PMavoid
Cara13:511:51 PM–15:043:04 PMneutral
Lābha15:043:04 PM–16:174:17 PMgood
Amṛta16:174:17 PM–17:315:31 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:315:31 PM–19:177:17 PMneutral
Roga19:177:17 PM–21:049:04 PMavoid
Kāla21:049:04 PM–22:5110:51 PMavoid
Lābha22:5110:51 PM–24:3812:38 AM+1good
Udvega24:3812:38 AM+1–26:242:24 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:242:24 AM+1–28:114:11 AM+1good
Amṛta28:114:11 AM+1–29:585:58 AM+1good
Cara29:585:58 AM+1–31:457:45 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:457:45 AM to 31:457:45 AM+1

07:457:45 AM sunrise17:315:31 PM sunsetsunrise 31:457:45 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 22:0210:02 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 26:332:33 AM+1
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 08:308:30 AM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:059:05 AM
Bālavauntil 22:0210:02 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:588:58 AM–10:1210:12 AM
Abhijit 12:1812:18 PM–12:5712:57 PM
Pradoṣa 17:315:31 PM–19:247:24 PM
Niśītha 24:1412:14 AM+1–25:021:02 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:1210:12 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:5712:57 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 45 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:247:24 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:021:02 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī22:0210:02 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī26:33 02:332:33 AM TueUttara Phalgunī
YogaSaubhāgya08:308:30 AMŚobhana
KaraṇaBava09:059:05 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:45 07:457:45 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2070
Śaka
1935
Kali
5114
Ahargaṇa
1 868 212
Day length
9 h 45 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
21:369:36 PM
Moonset
09:279:27 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:515:51 AM07:457:45 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:515:51 AM06:486:48 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:206:20 AM07:457:45 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:457:45 AM09:429:42 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:578:57 AM10:4310:43 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:1210:12 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:429:42 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2511:25 AM12:3812:38 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1412:14 PM13:021:02 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1812:18 PM12:5712:57 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5712:57 PM13:361:36 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:361:36 PM15:343:34 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:511:51 PM15:043:04 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:152:15 PM14:542:54 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:542:54 PM15:343:34 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:343:34 PM17:315:31 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:315:31 PM19:247:24 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:315:31 PM17:595:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:315:31 PM18:566:56 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:317:31 PM21:169:16 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:1412:14 AM+125:021:02 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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