Tuesday 23 September 1980 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:073:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4711:47 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:076:07 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:301:30 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 12 h 07 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 | 23:4711:47 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 15:303:30 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 20:168:16 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:301:30 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:08 06:086:08 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:324:32 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:324:32 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:564:56 AM | 06:076:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:076:07 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:328:32 AM | 09:219:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:019:01 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:089:08 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:411:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:231:23 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 15:003:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:123:12 PM | 16:434:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:483:48 PM | 18:146:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:146:14 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:146:14 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:146:14 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:109:10 PM | 22:3510:35 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5910:59 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:405:40 AM+1 | 31:057:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |