Friday 3 January 2025 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 03:393:39 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:102:10+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:497:49 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:562:56 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 24 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
07:497:49 AM to 31:507:50+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 | 26:10 02:102:10 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 24:52 00:5212:52 AM Sat | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 15:073:07 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:562:56 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:50 07:507:50 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:535:53 AM | 07:497:49 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 | 07:497:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:497:49 AM | 09:429:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:429:42 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:429:42 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:281:28 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:492:49 PM | 16:224:22 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:522:52 PM | 16:034:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:213:21 PM | 17:135:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:135:13 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:135:13 PM | 17:425:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:135:13 PM | 18:416:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07+1 AM | 24:5512:55+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 31:467:46+1 AM | 33:199:19+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |