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Tuesday 4 December 2001 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 22:3010:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:408:40 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:027:02 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:379:37 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2912:29 PM

The Sun 47° above S. Day length 10 h 54 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:2912:29 PM
At noon, 12:2912:29 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 224° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 224° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:175:17 AM–06:096:09 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:435:43 AM–07:027:02 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0712:07 PM–12:5112:51 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:4212:42 PM–14:142:14 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:182:18 PM–15:013:01 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:565:56 PM–18:226:22 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:565:56 PM–19:157:15 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:129:12 AM–09:569:56 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:459:45 AM–11:0711:07 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2912:29 PM–13:511:51 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:123:12 PM–16:344:34 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:3410:34 PM–24:0512:05 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:1011:10 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga07:027:02 AM–08:238:23 AMavoid
Udvega08:238:23 AM–09:459:45 AMavoid
Cara09:459:45 AM–11:0711:07 AMneutral
Lābha11:0711:07 AM–12:2912:29 PMgood
Amṛta12:2912:29 PM–13:511:51 PMgood
Kāla13:511:51 PM–15:123:12 PMavoid
Śubha15:123:12 PM–16:344:34 PMgood
Roga16:344:34 PM–17:565:56 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:565:56 PM–19:347:34 PMavoid
Lābha19:347:34 PM–21:139:13 PMgood
Udvega21:139:13 PM–22:5110:51 PMavoid
Śubha22:5110:51 PM–24:2912:29 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2912:29 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1good
Cara26:072:07 AM+1–27:463:46 AM+1neutral
Roga27:463:46 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:245:24 AM+1–31:027:02 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:027:02 AM to 31:027:02 AM+1

07:027:02 AM sunrise17:565:56 PM sunsetsunrise 31:027:02 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 20:408:40 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Punarvasuuntil 15:003:00 PM
Puṣyapast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 12:1212:12 PM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:379:37 AM
Bālavauntil 20:408:40 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0712:07 PM–12:5112:51 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:123:12 PM–16:344:34 PM
Pradoṣa 17:565:56 PM–19:417:41 PM
Niśītha 24:0512:05 AM+1–24:5312:53 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5112:51 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  5. PuṣyaNakṣatra: Punarvasu ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:344:34 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 54 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:417:41 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5312:53 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī20:408:40 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraPunarvasu15:003:00 PMPuṣya
YogaŚukla12:1212:12 PMBrahma
KaraṇaBava09:379:37 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:02 07:027:02 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 782
Day length
10 h 54 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
21:259:25 PM
Moonset
10:1010:10 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:175:17 AM07:027:02 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:175:17 AM06:096:09 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:435:43 AM07:027:02 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:027:02 AM09:129:12 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:129:12 AM11:2311:23 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:129:12 AM09:569:56 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:459:45 AM11:0711:07 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0512:05 PM12:5312:53 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0712:07 PM12:5112:51 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2912:29 PM13:511:51 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:4212:42 PM14:142:14 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:341:34 PM15:453:45 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:182:18 PM15:013:01 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:123:12 PM16:344:34 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:453:45 PM17:565:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:565:56 PM19:417:41 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:565:56 PM18:226:22 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:565:56 PM19:157:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:3410:34 PM24:0512:05 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1011:10 PM24:0312:03 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0512:05 AM+124:5312:53 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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