Monday 17 May 2010 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 00:0012:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:0810:08 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:494:49 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0611:06 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 84° above S. Day length 13 h 24 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
04:494:49 AM to 28:484:48 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 | 22:0810:08 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 20:498:49 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 11:0811:08 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:0611:06 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:48 04:484:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:243:24 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:243:24 AM | 04:064:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:453:45 AM | 04:494:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:494:49 AM | 07:297:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:565:56 AM | 07:287:28 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:296:29 AM | 08:098:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:297:29 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:509:50 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:4812:48 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:111:11 PM | 14:512:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:382:38 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:323:32 PM | 18:126:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:126:12 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:126:12 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:126:12 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |