Wednesday 17 August 2011 · Tehran, Iran
Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 04:024:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:176:17 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 161 of 161 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī determinate
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:075:07 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
13:081:08 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 13 h 27 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:256:25 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturthī | 30:17 06:176:17 AM Thu | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 26:01 02:012:01 AM Thu | Revatī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 24:53 00:5312:53 AM Thu | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:075:07 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:25 06:256:25 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:215:21 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 09:069:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:058:05 AM | 09:469:46 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:069:06 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:579:57 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2711:27 AM | 13:081:08 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:081:08 PM | 14:492:49 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:292:29 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:233:23 PM | 16:174:17 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:105:10 PM | 19:527:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:527:52 PM | 21:169:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:527:52 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:527:52 PM | 20:558:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:398:39 PM | 22:2710:27 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 25:331:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |