Friday 5 January 2018 · Kowloon, Hong Kong
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 00:0212:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:309:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:047:04 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4110:41 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:2912:29 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 49 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
07:047:04 AM to 31:047:04+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 | 21:309:30 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 28:46 04:464:46 AM Sat | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Prīti | 16:074:07 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:4110:41 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:04 07:047:04 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 07:047:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:116:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:455:45 AM | 07:047:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:047:04 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:469:46 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:149:14 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:149:14 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:331:33 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:172:17 PM | 15:003:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:113:11 PM | 16:324:32 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:433:43 PM | 17:535:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:355:35 PM | 19:047:04 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:535:53 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:535:53 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:535:53 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 24:5312:53+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:312:31+1 AM | 28:014:01+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |