Tuesday 14 February 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 03:573:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:524:52+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:406:40 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:578:57 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
12:0712:07 PM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 55 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
06:406:40 AM to 30:396:39+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 28:52 04:524:52 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 08:578:57 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 17:565:56 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:204:20 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:39 06:396:39 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:554:55 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:554:55 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:215:21 AM | 06:406:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:406:40 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:518:51 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:518:51 AM | 09:359:35 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:249:24 AM | 10:4610:46 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:0812:08 PM | 13:301:30 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:512:51 PM | 16:134:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:243:24 PM | 17:355:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:355:35 PM | 19:207:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:355:35 PM | 18:016:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:355:35 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:545:54 PM | 19:367:36 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4910:49 PM | 23:4111:41 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4311:43 PM | 24:3112:31+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:084:08+1 AM | 29:505:50+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |