Saturday 15 January 1972 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śanivāra. Caturdaśī began at 19:187:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:227:22 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoYama Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
07:367:36 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:049:04 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 43 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
07:367:36 AM to 31:367:36 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 | 19:227:22 PM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 09:049:04 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 25:12 01:121:12 AM Sun | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 19:227:22 PM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:36 07:367:36 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:425:42 AM | 07:367:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:425:42 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:106:10 AM | 07:367:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:367:36 AM | 09:339:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:367:36 AM | 08:498:49 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:367:36 AM | 08:158:15 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:158:15 AM | 08:548:54 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:339:33 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:4712:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:261:26 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:401:40 PM | 14:532:53 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:223:22 PM | 17:195:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:195:19 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:195:19 PM | 17:475:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:195:19 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:476:47 PM | 20:258:25 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:314:31 AM+1 | 30:096:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |