Monday 29 September 2003 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 23:3711:37 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:408:40 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:296:29 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0710:07 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:2912:29 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 11 h 59 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
06:296:29 AM to 30:306:30 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 | 20:408:40 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 25:54 01:541:54 AM Tue | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 22:1410:14 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:0710:07 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:30 06:306:30 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:534:53 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:534:53 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:175:17 AM | 06:296:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:296:29 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:597:59 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:538:53 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:089:08 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5910:59 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:411:41 PM | 16:054:05 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:591:59 PM | 15:293:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:292:29 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:173:17 PM | 16:054:05 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:054:05 PM | 18:296:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:525:52 PM | 19:207:20 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:296:29 PM | 20:058:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:296:29 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:296:29 PM | 19:417:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:355:35 AM+1 | 31:037:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |