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Tuesday 17 March 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 20:188:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4110:41 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:227:22 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:319:31 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

13:211:21 PM

The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:211:21 PM
At noon, 13:211:21 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 224° ahead of it, in Svātī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 224° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:465:46 AM–06:346:34 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:106:10 AM–07:227:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:5310:53 AM–12:4012:40 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:5812:58 PM–13:461:46 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:223:22 PM–16:104:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:217:21 PM–19:457:45 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:217:21 PM–20:338:33 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:469:46 AM–10:3410:34 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2210:22 AM–11:5211:52 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:221:22 PM–14:522:52 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:224:22 PM–17:515:51 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta24:0912:09 AM+1–24:5712:57 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya26:562:56 AM+1–28:434:43 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga07:227:22 AM–08:528:52 AMavoid
Udvega08:528:52 AM–10:2210:22 AMavoid
Cara10:2210:22 AM–11:5211:52 AMneutral
Lābha11:5211:52 AM–13:221:22 PMgood
Amṛta13:221:22 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Kāla14:522:52 PM–16:224:22 PMavoid
Śubha16:224:22 PM–17:515:51 PMgood
Roga17:515:51 PM–19:217:21 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:217:21 PM–20:518:51 PMavoid
Lābha20:518:51 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Udvega22:2110:21 PM–23:5111:51 PMavoid
Śubha23:5111:51 PM–25:211:21 AM+1good
Amṛta25:211:21 AM+1–26:512:51 AM+1good
Cara26:512:51 AM+1–28:214:21 AM+1neutral
Roga28:214:21 AM+1–29:515:51 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:515:51 AM+1–31:217:21 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:227:22 AM to 31:217:21 AM+1

07:227:22 AM sunrise19:217:21 PM sunsetsunrise 31:217:21 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 22:4110:41 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 20:448:44 PM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 21:339:33 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:319:31 AM
Bālavauntil 22:4110:41 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:5812:58 PM–13:461:46 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:224:22 PM–17:515:51 PM
Pradoṣa 19:217:21 PM–20:578:57 PM
Niśītha 24:5712:57 AM+1–25:451:45 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:461:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:515:51 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 59 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:578:57 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  8. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  9. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:451:45 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī22:4110:41 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraSvātī20:448:44 PMViśākhā
YogaVyāghāta21:339:33 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBava09:319:31 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:21 07:217:21 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 424
Day length
11 h 59 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
23:0711:07 PM
Moonset
09:329:32 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:465:46 AM07:227:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:465:46 AM06:346:34 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:106:10 AM07:227:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:227:22 AM09:469:46 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:469:46 AM12:1012:10 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:469:46 AM10:3410:34 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2210:22 AM11:5211:52 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:5310:53 AM12:4012:40 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5812:58 PM13:461:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5812:58 PM13:461:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:221:22 PM14:522:52 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:342:34 PM16:574:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:223:22 PM16:104:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:224:22 PM17:515:51 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:574:57 PM19:217:21 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:217:21 PM20:578:57 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:217:21 PM19:457:45 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:217:21 PM20:338:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:0912:09 AM+124:5712:57 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:5712:57 AM+125:451:45 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:562:56 AM+128:434:43 AM+1sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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