Wednesday 13 January 2016 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 04:364:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:352:35+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:487:48 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:109:10 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 34 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
07:487:48 AM to 31:487:48+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 | Śukla Caturthī | 26:35 02:352:35 AM Thu | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 09:109:10 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 27:53 03:533:53 AM Thu | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:373:37 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:48 07:487:48 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:535:53 AM | 07:487:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:535:53 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:487:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:487:48 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:471:47 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:331:33 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:283:28 PM | 17:225:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:573:57 PM | 17:285:28 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:225:22 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:225:22 PM | 17:515:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:225:22 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11+1 AM | 24:5912:59+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:011:01+1 AM | 26:312:31+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |