Friday 18 August 2000 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 04:594:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:205:20+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 148 of 148 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:115:11 PM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 84° above N. Day length 12 h 19 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
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05:475:47 AM to 29:475:47+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 29:20 05:205:20 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 21:349:34 PM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 17:115:11 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:135:13 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:286:28 AM | 08:098:09 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:528:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:158:15 AM | 09:049:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2112:21 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:334:33 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:383:38 PM | 18:066:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:324:32 PM | 18:136:13 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:066:06 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:066:06 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:066:06 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |