Friday 16 July 1999 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śukravāra. Caturthī began at 03:403:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:422:42 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:063:06 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
13:191:19 PM
The Sun 75° above S. Day length 14 h 25 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
06:066:06 AM to 30:076:07 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 | 26:42 02:422:42 AM Sat | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 18:236:23 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 24:37 00:3712:37 AM Sat | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:063:06 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:07 06:076:07 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:504:50 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:504:50 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:095:09 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:598:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:386:38 AM | 08:128:12 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:557:55 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:598:59 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:598:59 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3111:31 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:481:48 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:452:45 PM | 17:385:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:433:43 PM | 16:414:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:024:02 PM | 17:365:36 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:554:55 PM | 18:436:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:385:38 PM | 20:318:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:318:31 PM | 21:489:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:318:31 PM | 20:508:50 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:318:31 PM | 21:299:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 25:431:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:282:28 AM+1 | 28:054:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |