Monday 23 November 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 18:196:19 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:397:39 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:597:59 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:363:36 PM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
12:5912:59 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 01 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
07:597:59 AM to 32:008:00 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 | 19:397:39 PM | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 22:3610:36 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 15:363:36 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 19:397:39 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:00 08:008:00 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:076:07 AM | 07:597:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:076:07 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:356:35 AM | 07:597:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:597:59 AM | 09:599:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:149:14 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:599:59 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:5912:59 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:191:19 PM | 13:591:59 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:591:59 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:142:14 PM | 15:293:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:193:19 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:006:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:265:26 PM | 19:097:09 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:006:00 PM | 19:527:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:006:00 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:006:00 PM | 19:247:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 25:241:24 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 31:037:03 AM+1 | 32:458:45 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |