Thursday 6 January 2022 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Caturthī began at 12:0512:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:0010:00 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:216:21 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0010:00 AM
Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 38 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
06:216:21 AM to 30:216:21 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 | 10:0010:00 AM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 27:51 03:513:51 AM Fri | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 12:5412:54 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:0010:00 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:344:34 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:344:34 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:015:01 AM | 06:216:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:216:21 AM | 08:288:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:216:21 AM | 07:417:41 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:288:28 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:539:53 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:111:11 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5912:59 PM | 14:192:19 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:261:26 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:082:08 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:512:51 PM | 16:594:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:594:59 PM | 18:466:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:594:59 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:594:59 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:548:54 PM | 22:2610:26 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |