Sunday 15 September 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 19:207:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:229:22 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:596:59 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:188:18 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:131:13 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 12 h 28 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
06:596:59 AM to 31:007:00 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 | 21:229:22 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 26:27 02:272:27 AM Mon | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 20:528:52 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:188:18 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:00 07:007:00 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:275:27 AM | 06:596:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:275:27 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 06:596:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:596:59 AM | 09:299:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:487:48 AM | 09:359:35 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:299:29 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:131:13 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:282:28 PM | 16:584:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:183:18 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:204:20 PM | 17:545:54 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:584:58 PM | 19:277:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:475:47 PM | 18:376:37 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:545:54 PM | 19:277:27 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:276:27 PM | 20:148:14 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:277:27 PM | 20:598:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:277:27 PM | 19:507:50 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:277:27 PM | 20:368:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 25:381:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |