Tuesday 18 December 2001 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 04:154:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:006:00 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:467:46 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 50 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
07:107:10 AM to 31:117:11 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 | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Wed | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 07:467:46 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 27:44 03:443:44 AM Wed | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 17:035:03 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:255:25 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:255:25 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:107:10 AM | 09:209:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:209:20 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:209:20 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:551:55 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:571:57 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:401:40 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:242:24 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:183:18 PM | 16:394:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:006:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:006:00 PM | 19:467:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:006:00 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:006:00 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4010:40 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |