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Saturday 20 January 2018 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Māgha Śukla Caturthī

Śanivāra. Caturthī began at 05:415:41 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:047:04 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Gaṇeśa Jayantī · Maghi Ganesh Jayanti

Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoTila Caturthī determinate

At sunrise

06:576:57 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:266:26 PM

Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.

Noon

12:5212:52 PM

The Sun 64° above S. Day length 11 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:5212:52 PM
At noon, 12:5212:52 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 39° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 11% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 39° falls in Śukla Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:086:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:445:44 AM–06:576:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2812:28 PM–13:151:15 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:121:12 PM–14:562:56 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:502:50 PM–15:373:37 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:476:47 PM–19:117:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:476:47 PM–20:008:00 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:576:57 AM–08:268:26 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:576:57 AM–07:447:44 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:447:44 AM–08:328:32 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:549:54 AM–11:2311:23 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:202:20 PM–15:493:49 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:503:50 AM+1–29:335:33 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Kāla06:576:57 AM–08:268:26 AMavoid
Śubha08:268:26 AM–09:549:54 AMgood
Roga09:549:54 AM–11:2311:23 AMavoid
Udvega11:2311:23 AM–12:5212:52 PMavoid
Cara12:5212:52 PM–14:202:20 PMneutral
Lābha14:202:20 PM–15:493:49 PMgood
Amṛta15:493:49 PM–17:185:18 PMgood
Kāla17:185:18 PM–18:476:47 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:476:47 PM–20:188:18 PMgood
Udvega20:188:18 PM–21:499:49 PMavoid
Śubha21:499:49 PM–23:2111:21 PMgood
Amṛta23:2111:21 PM–24:5212:52 AM+1good
Cara24:5212:52 AM+1–26:232:23 AM+1neutral
Roga26:232:23 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:543:54 AM+1–29:265:26 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:265:26 AM+1–30:576:57 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:576:57 AM to 30:576:57 AM+1

06:576:57 AM sunrise18:476:47 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 21:019:01 PM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 26:462:46 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 18:266:26 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:549:54 AM–11:2311:23 AM
Abhijit 12:2812:28 PM–13:151:15 PM
Pradoṣa 18:476:47 PM–20:248:24 PM
Niśītha 24:2812:28 AM+1–25:161:16 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:2311:23 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:151:15 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 50 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:248:24 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:161:16 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturthīpast sunrisePañcamī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā21:019:01 PMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān26:46 02:462:46 AM SunParigha
KaraṇaVaṇija18:266:26 PMViṣṭi
VāraŚanivāra30:57 06:576:57 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 673
Day length
11 h 50 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:309:30 AM
Moonset
21:419:41 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM06:576:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:086:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:445:44 AM06:576:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:576:57 AM09:199:19 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:576:57 AM08:268:26 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:576:57 AM07:447:44 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:447:44 AM08:328:32 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:199:19 AM11:4111:41 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:549:54 AM11:2311:23 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2812:28 PM13:161:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2812:28 PM13:151:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:121:12 PM14:562:56 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:032:03 PM16:254:25 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:202:20 PM15:493:49 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:502:50 PM15:373:37 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:254:25 PM18:476:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:476:47 PM20:248:24 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:476:47 PM19:117:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:476:47 PM20:008:00 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2812:28 AM+125:161:16 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:503:50 AM+129:335:33 AM+1sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
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