Tuesday 24 November 1987 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 02:202:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4011:40 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:001:00 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:2011:20 AM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 46 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:585:58+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 | 23:4011:40 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 24:12 00:1212:12 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 16:254:25 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:001:00 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:384:38 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:068:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:068:06 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:068:06 AM | 08:498:49 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:398:39 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5610:56 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5810:58 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:081:08 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:022:02 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:342:34 PM | 16:434:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:434:43 PM | 18:296:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:434:43 PM | 17:105:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:434:43 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:487:48 PM | 21:169:16 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0110:01 PM | 22:5410:54 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5710:57 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |