Sunday 17 October 2004 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Ravivāra. Caturthī began at 04:404:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:142:14 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:136:13 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1411:14 AM
Āyuṣmān gives way to Saubhāgya.
Noon
12:0112:01 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 11 h 34 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
06:136:13 AM to 30:146:14 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 | 26:14 02:142:14 AM Mon | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 22:4110:41 PM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 11:1411:14 AM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:273:27 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:344:34 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:344:34 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:594:59 AM | 06:136:13 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:136:13 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0112:01 PM | 13:271:27 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:001:00 PM | 14:302:30 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:542:54 PM | 16:214:21 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:485:48 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:154:15 PM | 17:015:01 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:214:21 PM | 17:485:48 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:485:48 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:485:48 PM | 18:136:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:485:48 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2512:25 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:523:52 AM+1 | 29:225:22 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |