Tuesday 28 October 2003 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 05:225:22 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:162:16 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
05:395:39 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:535:53 AM
Anurādhā gives way to Jyeṣṭhā.
Noon
11:1811:18 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 17 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
05:395:39 AM to 29:405:40 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 | 26:16 02:162:16 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 05:535:53 AM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 20:328:32 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:463:46 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:573:57 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:573:57 AM | 04:484:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:234:23 AM | 05:395:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:395:39 AM | 07:547:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:547:54 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:547:54 AM | 08:408:40 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5410:54 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5710:57 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:101:10 PM | 13:561:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:313:31 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:412:41 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:386:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:215:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:126:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:377:37 PM | 21:049:04 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0110:01 PM | 22:5210:52 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |