Friday 25 February 1994 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 14:262:26 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0512:05 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:576:57 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1111:11 AM
Āśleṣā gives way to Maghā.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 11 h 08 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
06:576:57 AM to 30:566:56 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 | 12:0512:05 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 11:1111:11 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 22:4510:45 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:0512:05 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:56 06:566:56 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:576:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 06:576:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:576:57 AM | 09:119:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:218:21 AM | 09:459:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:119:11 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:119:11 AM | 09:569:56 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:419:41 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0811:08 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:232:23 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:193:19 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:523:52 PM | 18:066:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:066:06 PM | 19:487:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:066:06 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:066:06 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0810:08 PM | 23:3611:36 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:546:54 AM+1 | 32:228:22 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |