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Wednesday 9 January 2019 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Caturthī

Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 05:085:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:527:52 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Vināyaka Caturthī

Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:076:07 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:205:20 PM

Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 39° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 11% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 39° falls in Śukla Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:294:29 AM–05:185:18 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:544:54 AM–06:076:07 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:571:57 PM–14:442:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:525:52 PM–18:176:17 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:525:52 PM–19:067:06 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:357:35 AM–09:049:04 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3210:32 AM–12:0012:00 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3611:36 AM–12:2312:23 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya25:271:27 AM+1–27:153:15 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Lābha06:076:07 AM–07:357:35 AMgood
Amṛta07:357:35 AM–09:049:04 AMgood
Kāla09:049:04 AM–10:3210:32 AMavoid
Śubha10:3210:32 AM–12:0012:00 PMgood
Roga12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PMavoid
Udvega13:281:28 PM–14:562:56 PMavoid
Cara14:562:56 PM–16:244:24 PMneutral
Lābha16:244:24 PM–17:525:52 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:525:52 PM–19:247:24 PMavoid
Śubha19:247:24 PM–20:568:56 PMgood
Amṛta20:568:56 PM–22:2810:28 PMgood
Cara22:2810:28 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0012:00 AM+1–25:321:32 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:321:32 AM+1–27:043:04 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:043:04 AM+1–28:364:36 AM+1good
Udvega28:364:36 AM+1–30:086:08 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:076:07 AM to 30:086:08 AM+1

06:076:07 AM sunrise17:525:52 PM sunsetsunrise 30:086:08 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 17:205:20 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 20:048:04 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 18:316:31 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PM
Pradoṣa 17:525:52 PM–19:307:30 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:281:28 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:307:30 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  7. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturthīpast sunrisePañcamī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā17:205:20 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaSiddhi20:048:04 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaVaṇija18:316:31 PMViṣṭi
VāraBudhavāra30:08 06:086:08 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 870 027
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
08:468:46 AM
Moonset
20:508:50 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:294:29 AM06:076:07 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:294:29 AM05:185:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:544:54 AM06:076:07 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:076:07 AM08:288:28 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:357:35 AM09:049:04 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:288:28 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3210:32 AM12:0012:00 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3611:36 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0012:00 PM13:281:28 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:101:10 PM15:313:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:571:57 PM14:442:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:313:31 PM17:525:52 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:525:52 PM19:307:30 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:525:52 PM18:176:17 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:525:52 PM19:067:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:271:27 AM+127:153:15 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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