Monday 6 January 2003 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 02:042:04 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:352:35 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:586:58 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:142:14 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 45 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
06:586:58 AM to 30:596:59 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 | 26:35 02:352:35 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 20:008:00 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 28:28 04:284:28 AM Tue | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:142:14 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:59 06:596:59 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:125:12 AM | 06:586:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:125:12 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:395:39 AM | 06:586:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:586:58 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:198:19 AM | 09:409:40 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:149:14 AM | 10:5310:53 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0011:00 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:251:25 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:421:42 PM | 15:023:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:082:08 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:522:52 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 17:445:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:445:44 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:445:44 PM | 18:106:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:445:44 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:403:40 AM+1 | 29:235:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |