Tuesday 8 July 1997 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 18:566:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:159:15 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:435:43 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:038:03 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:5811:58 AM
The Sun 74° above N. Day length 12 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
05:435:43 AM to 29:435:43+1 AM
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 | 21:159:15 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 25:51 01:511:51 AM Wed | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 19:467:46 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 08:038:03 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:43 05:435:43 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:114:11 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:435:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:435:43 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:138:13 AM | 09:039:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:508:50 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5811:58 AM | 13:311:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:2312:23 PM | 14:112:11 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:053:05 PM | 16:394:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:433:43 PM | 18:126:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:126:12 PM | 19:457:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:126:12 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:126:12 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4910:49 PM | 23:3511:35 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1011:10 PM | 24:5712:57+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3411:34 PM | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |