Friday 20 November 2009 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 01:221:22 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:313:31 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:157:15 AM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
11:2011:20 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 49 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
05:555:55 AM to 29:555:55 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 | 27:31 03:313:31 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 08:318:31 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 07:157:15 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:232:23 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:094:09 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:094:09 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:364:36 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:466:46 AM | 08:318:31 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:167:16 AM | 08:378:37 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:058:05 AM | 08:488:48 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:589:58 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 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 |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:022:02 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:342:34 PM | 16:444:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:444:44 PM | 18:306:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:444:44 PM | 17:105:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:444:44 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:137:13 PM | 21:009:00 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5610:56 PM | 23:4411:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:555:55 AM+1 | 31:427:42 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |