Friday 23 October 1908 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:004:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:285:28 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 89 of 96 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
05:295:29 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:474:47 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:2811:28 AM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 11 h 57 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:305:30 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 Caturdaśī | 29:28 05:285:28 AM Sat | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:36 00:3612:36 AM Sat | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 22:5110:51 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:474:47 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:533:53 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:533:53 AM | 04:414:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:174:17 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 07:537:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:596:59 AM | 08:298:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:397:39 AM | 09:239:23 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:537:53 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:537:53 AM | 08:418:41 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4012:40 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:282:28 PM | 15:573:57 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:033:03 PM | 17:275:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:275:27 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:275:27 PM | 17:515:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:275:27 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:056:05 PM | 19:497:49 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0411:04 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |