Thursday 18 July 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Caturdaśī began at 19:307:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:596:59 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 102 of 175 minutes of sāyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoŚiva Śayanotsava determinate
At sunrise
06:076:07 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:127:12 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:241:24 PM
The Sun 72° above S. Day length 14 h 34 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
06:076:07 AM to 30:086:08 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 Caturdaśī | 18:596:59 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 07:587:58 AM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 07:127:12 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:08 06:086:08 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:524:52 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:524:52 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:115:11 AM | 06:076:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:076:07 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:076:07 AM | 07:567:56 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:469:46 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:001:00 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:512:51 PM | 17:465:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 17:025:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:333:33 PM | 17:115:11 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:503:50 PM | 16:484:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:484:48 PM | 17:465:46 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:465:46 PM | 20:418:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:418:41 PM | 21:579:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:418:41 PM | 21:009:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:418:41 PM | 21:389:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:001:00 AM+1 | 25:481:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 26:562:56 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |