Monday 28 August 2006 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 05:505:50 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:238:23 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:135:13 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:238:23 AM
Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.
Noon
11:3511:35 AM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 12 h 44 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
05:135:13 AM to 29:135:13 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 | 08:238:23 AM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 24:11 00:1112:11 AM Tue | Svātī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 27:38 03:383:38 AM Tue | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:238:23 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:13 05:135:13 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:433:43 AM | 05:135:13 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:433:43 AM | 04:284:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:064:06 AM | 05:135:13 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:135:13 AM | 07:467:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:136:13 AM | 08:008:00 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:496:49 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:467:46 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1111:11 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:101:10 PM | 14:462:46 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:332:33 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:243:24 PM | 17:575:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:594:59 PM | 18:476:47 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:575:57 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:575:57 PM | 18:206:20 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:575:57 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1111:11 PM | 23:5911:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |