Thursday 25 January 1990 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:283:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:413:41 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 112 of 112 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:317:31 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:393:39 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:3012:30 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 10 h 00 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
07:317:31 AM to 31:307:30 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 | 27:41 03:413:41 AM Fri | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 21:489:48 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 19:027:02 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:393:39 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:30 07:307:30 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:395:39 AM | 07:317:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:395:39 AM | 06:356:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:076:07 AM | 07:317:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:317:31 AM | 09:319:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:317:31 AM | 08:468:46 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:319:31 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:5110:51 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:311:31 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:461:46 PM | 15:013:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:512:51 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:303:30 PM | 17:305:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:494:49 PM | 18:286:28 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:305:30 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:305:30 PM | 17:585:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:305:30 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 24:5412:54 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:555:55 AM+1 | 31:337:33 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |