Tuesday 20 August 2013 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 14:102:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5210:52 AM.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 496 of 1440 minutes of the day. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
05:325:32 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:578:57 AM
Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 80° above S. Day length 12 h 48 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
05:325:32 AM to 29:325:32 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 | 10:5210:52 AM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 14:102:10 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 08:578:57 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:5210:52 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:32 05:325:32 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:325:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:254:25 AM | 05:325:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:325:32 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:058:05 AM | 08:578:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:448:44 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5611:56 AM | 13:321:32 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:042:04 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:083:08 PM | 16:444:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:463:46 PM | 18:206:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:475:47 PM | 19:147:14 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:206:20 PM | 19:507:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:206:20 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:206:20 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4910:49 PM | 23:3411:34 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:292:29 AM+1 | 27:563:56 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |