Thursday 8 August 2024 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 00:3612:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:073:07+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:325:32 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:501:50 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 14 h 00 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
05:325:32 AM to 29:335:33+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 | 27:07 03:073:07 AM Fri | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 26:04 02:042:04 AM Fri | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śiva | 15:093:09 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:501:50 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:33 05:335:33 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:325:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:325:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:325:32 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:325:32 AM | 07:177:17 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:087:08 AM | 08:568:56 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:029:02 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:561:56 PM | 16:444:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:172:17 PM | 16:024:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:522:52 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:483:48 PM | 16:444:44 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:444:44 PM | 19:327:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:575:57 PM | 19:457:45 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:327:32 PM | 20:528:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:327:32 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:327:32 PM | 20:328:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 24:5712:57+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |