Saturday 13 January 1940 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Śanivāra. Caturthī began at 02:542:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:235:23 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVināyaka Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
06:556:55 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:257:25 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:0612:06 PM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 22 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
06:556:55 AM to 30:556:55 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 | 29:23 05:235:23 AM Sun | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 07:257:25 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 28:37 04:374:37 AM Sun | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:064:06 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:55 06:556:55 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:065:06 AM | 06:556:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:065:06 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:335:33 AM | 06:556:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:556:55 AM | 08:598:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:556:55 AM | 08:138:13 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:556:55 AM | 07:377:37 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:377:37 AM | 08:188:18 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:598:59 AM | 11:0411:04 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:241:24 PM | 14:422:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:133:13 PM | 17:175:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:313:31 PM | 17:185:18 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:175:17 PM | 19:067:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:175:17 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:175:17 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:172:17 AM+1 | 28:054:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |