Monday 26 August 2002 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 00:3012:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:592:59+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 147 of 147 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
05:465:46 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0912:09 PM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
11:5411:54 AM
The Sun 86° above N. Day length 12 h 16 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
05:465:46 AM to 29:465:46+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 | 26:59 02:592:59 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | past sunrise | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Śūla | 12:0912:09 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:441:44 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:364:36 AM | 05:465:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:465:46 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:187:18 AM | 08:508:50 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2210:22 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:081:08 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 14:582:58 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:462:46 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 18:026:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:375:37 PM | 19:257:25 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:026:02 PM | 19:367:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:026:02 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:026:02 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3011:30 PM | 24:1812:18+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:254:25+1 AM | 30:146:14+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |