Thursday 26 May 1949 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:035:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:296:29 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:585:58 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:505:50 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
13:151:15 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
05:585:58 AM to 29:585:58 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 | past sunrise | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 23:4711:47 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 20:268:26 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:505:50 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:434:43 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:434:43 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:025:02 AM | 05:585:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:585:58 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:585:58 AM | 07:487:48 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:048:04 AM | 09:499:49 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:538:53 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:379:37 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:5010:50 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:441:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:432:43 PM | 17:375:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:043:04 PM | 16:544:54 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:413:41 PM | 16:394:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:394:39 PM | 17:375:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:375:37 PM | 20:328:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:336:33 PM | 20:178:17 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:328:32 PM | 21:489:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:328:32 PM | 20:518:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:328:32 PM | 21:299:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 25:391:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |