Sunday 12 January 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Ravivāra. Caturthī began at 01:551:55 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:5010:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:268:26 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2012:20 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
13:211:21 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 52 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
08:268:26 AM to 32:258:25 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 | Śukla Caturthī | 22:5010:50 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 28:21 04:214:21 AM Mon | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 24:58 00:5812:58 AM Mon | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:2012:20 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 32:25 08:258:25 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:326:32 AM | 08:268:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:326:32 AM | 07:297:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 07:017:01 AM | 08:268:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:268:26 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2410:24 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:021:02 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:091:09 PM | 14:352:35 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:211:21 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:212:21 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:003:00 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:493:49 PM | 17:035:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:194:19 PM | 18:176:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:584:58 PM | 17:385:38 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:035:03 PM | 18:176:17 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:176:17 PM | 20:108:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:176:17 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:176:17 PM | 19:427:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:509:50 PM | 23:1711:17 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5712:57 AM+1 | 25:451:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |