Wednesday 15 December 2004 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 19:597:59 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:464:46 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:097:09 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:464:46 PM
Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.
Noon
12:3412:34 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 51 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
07:097:09 AM to 31:097:09+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 | Śukla Caturthī | 16:464:46 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 25:39 01:391:39 AM Thu | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 25:13 01:131:13 AM Thu | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:464:46 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:235:23 AM | 07:097:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:235:23 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:097:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:097:09 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:357:35 AM | 09:019:01 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:308:30 AM | 09:519:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:551:55 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:391:39 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:222:22 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:493:49 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:154:15 PM | 17:425:42 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:457:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:187:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 24:5812:58+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:225:22+1 AM | 30:516:51+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |