Monday 24 November 2025 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 21:559:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:5311:53 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:227:22 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5610:56 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 42 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
07:227:22 AM to 31:247:24 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 | 23:5311:53 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 24:24 00:2412:24 AM Tue | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 15:073:07 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:5610:56 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:285:28 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:285:28 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:227:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:227:22 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:328:32 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:358:35 AM | 09:489:48 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0111:01 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 14:392:39 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:292:29 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:083:08 PM | 17:045:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:045:04 PM | 18:596:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:045:04 PM | 17:335:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:045:04 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:077:07 PM | 20:528:52 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |