Monday 5 September 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 17:555:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:098:09 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:305:30 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:007:00 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 12 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
05:305:30 AM to 29:305:30+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 | 20:098:09 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 18:406:40 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 07:287:28 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 07:007:00 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:004:00 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:004:00 AM | 04:454:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:224:22 AM | 05:305:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:305:30 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:057:05 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1610:16 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3111:31 AM | 13:191:19 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:081:08 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:271:27 PM | 15:033:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:502:50 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:146:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:146:14 PM | 19:447:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:146:14 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:146:14 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:5712:57+1 AM | 26:452:45+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |