Wednesday 25 April 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 23:0611:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:301:30 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:386:38 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2012:20 PM
Rohiṇī gives way to Mṛgaśirā.
Noon
13:071:07 PM
The Sun 78° above S. Day length 12 h 58 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
06:386:38 AM to 30:386:38 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 | 25:30 01:301:30 AM Thu | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 12:2012:20 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 16:034:03 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:2012:20 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:38 06:386:38 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:105:10 AM | 06:386:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:105:10 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:325:32 AM | 06:386:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:386:38 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:168:16 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:438:43 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:149:14 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 13:071:07 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:311:31 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:071:07 PM | 14:442:44 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:252:25 PM | 17:015:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:173:17 PM | 16:094:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:015:01 PM | 19:367:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:356:35 PM | 20:228:22 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:367:36 PM | 21:049:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:367:36 PM | 19:587:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:367:36 PM | 20:428:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 25:311:31 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:175:17 AM+1 | 31:047:04 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |