Tuesday 8 February 2005 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 13:501:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:0810:08 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 108 of 108 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0810:08 AM
Caturdaśī gives way to Amāvasyā.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 h 29 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
07:187:18 AM to 31:177:17 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 | 10:0810:08 AM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 25:42 01:421:42 AM Wed | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 21:329:32 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 10:0810:08 AM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:17 07:177:17 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:305:30 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:305:30 AM | 06:246:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:249:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:098:09 AM | 09:339:33 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:249:24 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:249:24 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| 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 |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:511:51 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:172:17 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:103:10 PM | 16:284:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 17:475:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:344:34 PM | 17:585:58 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:475:47 PM | 19:357:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:475:47 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:475:47 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1111:11 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:145:14 AM+1 | 30:396:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |