Tuesday 17 November 1998 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 23:3011:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 26:022:02+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4712:47 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 11 h 51 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:505:50+1 AM
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 | 26:02 02:022:02 AM Wed | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 26:41 02:412:41 AM Wed | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 29:43 05:435:43 AM Wed | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:4712:47 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:006:00 AM | 07:487:48 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:128:12 AM | 09:009:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:151:15 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:442:44 PM | 16:124:12 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:193:19 PM | 17:415:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:484:48 PM | 18:366:36 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:415:41 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:415:41 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:415:41 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3310:33 PM | 23:2211:22 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |