Monday 5 January 2071 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 03:063:06 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:524:52 AM+1.
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
11:3811:38 AM
Vajra gives way to Siddhi.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 26 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 31:497:49 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 | 28:52 04:524:52 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 24:47 00:4712:47 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 11:3811:38 AM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:024:02 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:49 07:497:49 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
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 | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:231:23 PM | 15:083:08 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:431:43 PM | 14:542:54 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:072:07 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:442:44 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:223:22 PM | 17:155:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:155:15 PM | 19:127:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:155:15 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:155:15 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |