Friday 11 February 1983 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:353:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:116:11 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:167:16 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:014:01 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 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
07:167:16 AM to 31:147:14 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 | 30:11 06:116:11 AM Sat | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 16:014:01 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | past sunrise | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:554:55 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:14 07:147:14 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:285:28 AM | 07:167:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:285:28 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:555:55 AM | 07:167:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:167:16 AM | 09:229:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:358:35 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:478:47 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:229:22 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:229:22 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:182:18 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:113:11 PM | 16:304:30 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:433:43 PM | 17:505:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:505:50 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:505:50 PM | 18:176:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:505:50 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:308:30 PM | 22:1810:18 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |