Friday 21 July 2023 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 04:294:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:576:57 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:564:56 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:549:54 AM
Vyatīpāta gives way to Varīyān.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 85° above S. Day length 13 h 29 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
04:564:56 AM to 28:564:56 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 | past sunrise | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 11:2811:28 AM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 09:549:54 AM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 17:435:43 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:56 04:564:56 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:323:32 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:323:32 AM | 04:144:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:533:53 AM | 04:564:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:564:56 AM | 07:387:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:376:37 AM | 08:188:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:387:38 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:387:38 AM | 08:318:31 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:468:46 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:023:02 PM | 16:444:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:433:43 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:287:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:288:28 PM | 22:1610:16 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |