Tuesday 3 January 2006 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 13:321:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:2910:29 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:056:05 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:439:43 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
11:5711:57 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 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
06:056:05 AM to 30:066:06+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 | 10:2910:29 AM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 09:439:43 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 21:209:20 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:2910:29 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:06 06:066:06 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:274:27 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:524:52 AM | 06:056:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:056:05 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:268:26 AM | 09:139:13 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:019:01 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5711:57 AM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:532:53 PM | 16:214:21 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:283:28 PM | 17:495:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:194:19 PM | 17:475:47 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:495:49 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:495:49 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:495:49 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4410:44 PM | 23:3311:33 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:061:06+1 AM | 26:342:34+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |