Wednesday 13 August 2014 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 03:143:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2912:29 AM+1.
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
10:0910:09 AM
Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.
Noon
11:5711:57 AM
The Sun 82° above N. Day length 12 h 21 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:475:47 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 24:29 00:2912:29 AM Thu | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 26:50 02:502:50 AM Thu | Revatī |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 10:0910:09 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:471:47 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:015:01 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 |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:207:20 AM | 08:528:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2510:25 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5711:57 AM | 13:301:30 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:341:34 PM | 15:033:03 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:012:01 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:403:40 PM | 18:086:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:086:08 PM | 19:417:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:086:08 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:086:08 PM | 19:187:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2410:24 PM | 23:5311:53 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |