Monday 24 January 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Caturthī began at 04:374:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:063:06 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:218:21 AM
Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:463:46 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
13:251:25 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 07 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
08:218:21 AM to 32:218:21 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 | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Tue | Pañcamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 24:19 00:1912:19 AM Tue | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 24:07 00:0712:07 AM Tue | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:463:46 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:21 08:218:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:306:30 AM | 08:218:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:306:30 AM | 07:267:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:586:58 AM | 08:218:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:218:21 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:578:57 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:379:37 AM | 10:5310:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2310:23 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:011:01 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:051:05 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:451:45 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:262:26 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:412:41 PM | 15:573:57 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:063:06 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:473:47 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:274:27 PM | 18:296:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:106:10 PM | 19:437:43 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:296:29 PM | 20:208:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:296:29 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:296:29 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:011:01 AM+1 | 25:491:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 31:277:27 AM+1 | 33:039:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |