Tuesday 18 August 2015 · Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 00:4412:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:233:23 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:366:36 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:417:41 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
12:5412:54 PM
The Sun 87° above S. Day length 12 h 37 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
06:366:36 AM to 30:366:36 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 | 27:23 03:233:23 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 07:417:41 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Sādhya | past sunrise | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:042:04 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:36 06:366:36 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:055:05 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:055:05 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:366:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:366:36 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:079:07 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:459:45 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5412:54 PM | 14:282:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 16:414:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:003:00 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:034:03 PM | 17:385:38 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:414:41 PM | 19:127:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:125:12 PM | 19:017:01 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:127:12 PM | 20:438:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:127:12 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:127:12 PM | 20:218:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4611:46 PM | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 25:181:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:044:04 AM+1 | 29:535:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |