Monday 30 August 1999 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 03:593:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:022:02 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 152 of 152 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:023:02 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 76° above S. Day length 12 h 39 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:575:57 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 | 26:02 02:022:02 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 24:12 00:1212:12 AM Tue | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 24:44 00:4412:44 AM Tue | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:023:02 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:115:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:288:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:317:31 AM | 09:069:06 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:288:28 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4110:41 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:192:19 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:321:32 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:511:51 PM | 15:263:26 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:222:22 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:133:13 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:044:04 PM | 18:356:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:356:35 PM | 20:068:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:356:35 PM | 18:586:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:356:35 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:559:55 PM | 23:2711:27 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |