Tuesday 1 January 2013 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 23:3411:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:3012:30 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:547:54 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0512:05 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
13:131:13 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
07:547:54 AM to 31:557:55 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 24:30 00:3012:30 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 14:162:16 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Wed | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:0512:05 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:55 07:557:55 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:076:07 AM | 07:547:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:076:07 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:346:34 AM | 07:547:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:547:54 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0210:02 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0210:02 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3410:34 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:162:16 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:131:13 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:162:16 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:592:59 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:523:52 PM | 17:115:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 18:316:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:316:31 PM | 20:188:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:316:31 PM | 18:586:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:316:31 PM | 19:517:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 25:371:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:522:52 AM+1 | 28:334:33 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |