Friday 18 December 2020 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 12:4812:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5311:53 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:146:14 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3611:36 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
11:3111:31 AM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 10 h 34 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
06:146:14 AM to 30:146:14 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 | 11:5311:53 AM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 16:344:34 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 11:3611:36 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 11:5311:53 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:264:26 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:534:53 AM | 06:146:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:146:14 AM | 08:218:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:146:14 AM | 07:497:49 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:337:33 AM | 08:528:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:218:21 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:218:21 AM | 09:039:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:161:16 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:092:09 PM | 15:283:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:412:41 PM | 16:474:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:474:47 PM | 18:356:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:474:47 PM | 17:145:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:474:47 PM | 18:086:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:408:40 PM | 22:1810:18 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |