Monday 14 December 2015 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 05:315:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:314:31 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:144:14 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:4711:47 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
05:555:55 AM to 29:565:56 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 | Śukla Caturthī | 28:31 04:314:31 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 16:144:14 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 18:496:49 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 17:035:03 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:56 05:565:56 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:424:42 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:168:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:237:23 AM | 08:518:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:168:16 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:539:53 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1910:19 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5812:58 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:151:15 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:312:31 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:177:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:098:09 PM | 21:439:43 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:335:33 AM+1 | 31:077:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |