Tuesday 18 February 2014 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 01:551:55 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:532:53+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:566:56 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:272:27 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:5512:55 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 11 h 57 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
06:566:56 AM to 30:566:56+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 | 26:53 02:532:53 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:47 00:4712:47 AM Wed | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 25:20 01:201:20 AM Wed | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:272:27 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:56 06:566:56 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:445:44 AM | 06:566:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:566:56 AM | 09:209:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:108:10 AM | 09:529:52 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:209:20 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:209:20 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:242:24 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:062:06 PM | 16:304:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:542:54 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:543:54 PM | 17:235:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:304:30 PM | 18:536:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:236:23 PM | 20:068:06 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:536:53 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:536:53 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:536:53 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3012:30+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3012:30+1 AM | 25:181:18+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |