Sunday 16 March 1941 · Tehran, Iran
Ravivāra. Caturthī began at 05:185:18 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:102:10+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:156:15 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:423:42 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 57 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
06:156:15 AM to 30:146:14+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 26:10 02:102:10 AM Mon | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Mon | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 25:24 01:241:24 AM Mon | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:423:42 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:384:38 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:384:38 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:035:03 AM | 06:156:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:156:15 AM | 08:388:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:068:06 AM | 09:339:33 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:388:38 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:431:43 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:251:25 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:493:49 PM | 18:126:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:364:36 PM | 17:245:24 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:424:42 PM | 18:126:12 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:454:45 PM | 18:116:11 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:126:12 PM | 19:487:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:126:12 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:126:12 PM | 19:247:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:475:47+1 AM | 31:157:15+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |