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Monday 20 January 2014 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Somavāra. Caturthī began at 20:028:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0210:02 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:567:56 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:308:30 AM

Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.

Noon

13:201:20 PM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:201:20 PM
At noon, 13:201:20 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 224° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 224° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:106:10 AM–07:037:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:376:37 AM–07:567:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5912:59 PM–13:421:42 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:083:08 PM–15:523:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:446:44 PM–19:117:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:446:44 PM–20:048:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:317:31 PM–21:169:16 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya08:578:57 AM–10:4310:43 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla09:179:17 AM–10:3810:38 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:5911:59 AM–13:201:20 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:421:42 PM–14:252:25 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:412:41 PM–16:024:02 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:523:52 PM–16:354:35 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Amṛta07:567:56 AM–09:179:17 AMgood
Kāla09:179:17 AM–10:3810:38 AMavoid
Śubha10:3810:38 AM–11:5911:59 AMgood
Roga11:5911:59 AM–13:201:20 PMavoid
Udvega13:201:20 PM–14:412:41 PMavoid
Cara14:412:41 PM–16:024:02 PMneutral
Lābha16:024:02 PM–17:235:23 PMgood
Amṛta17:235:23 PM–18:446:44 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:446:44 PM–20:238:23 PMneutral
Roga20:238:23 PM–22:0210:02 PMavoid
Kāla22:0210:02 PM–23:4111:41 PMavoid
Lābha23:4111:41 PM–25:201:20 AM+1good
Udvega25:201:20 AM+1–26:592:59 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:592:59 AM+1–28:384:38 AM+1good
Amṛta28:384:38 AM+1–30:176:17 AM+1good
Cara30:176:17 AM+1–31:567:56 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:567:56 AM to 31:567:56 AM+1

07:567:56 AM sunrise18:446:44 PM sunsetsunrise 31:567:56 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 22:0210:02 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 26:332:33 AM+1
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 08:308:30 AM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:059:05 AM
Bālavauntil 22:0210:02 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:179:17 AM–10:3810:38 AM
Abhijit 12:5912:59 PM–13:421:42 PM
Pradoṣa 18:446:44 PM–20:308:30 PM
Niśītha 24:5612:56 AM+1–25:441:44 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:3810:38 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:421:42 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:308:30 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:441:44 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī22:0210:02 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī26:33 02:332:33 AM TueUttara Phalgunī
YogaSaubhāgya08:308:30 AMŚobhana
KaraṇaBava09:059:05 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:56 07:567:56 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2070
Śaka
1935
Kali
5114
Ahargaṇa
1 868 212
Day length
10 h 49 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
22:2110:21 PM
Moonset
10:0510:05 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:106:10 AM07:567:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:106:10 AM07:037:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:376:37 AM07:567:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:567:56 AM10:0610:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:578:57 AM10:4310:43 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:179:17 AM10:3810:38 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:0610:06 AM12:1512:15 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:5911:59 AM13:201:20 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5612:56 PM13:441:44 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5912:59 PM13:421:42 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:421:42 PM14:252:25 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:252:25 PM16:354:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:412:41 PM16:024:02 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:083:08 PM15:523:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:523:52 PM16:354:35 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:354:35 PM18:446:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:446:44 PM20:308:30 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:446:44 PM19:117:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:446:44 PM20:048:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:317:31 PM21:169:16 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:5612:56 AM+125:441:44 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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