Friday 14 January 1944 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 20:318:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:1511:15 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinateSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
06:466:46 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:539:53 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:0812:08 PM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 44 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
06:466:46 AM to 30:466:46+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 | 23:1511:15 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 12:4712:47 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | past sunrise | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 09:539:53 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:46 06:466:46 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:466:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:265:26 AM | 06:466:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:466:46 AM | 08:558:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:068:06 AM | 09:279:27 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:558:55 AM | 11:0411:04 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:558:55 AM | 09:389:38 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0410:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4710:47 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:492:49 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:213:21 PM | 17:305:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:305:30 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:305:30 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:305:30 PM | 18:506:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:499:49 PM | 23:3711:37 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4411:44 PM | 24:3212:32+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |