Sunday 23 September 2018 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:445:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:187:18+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 145 of 145 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:356:35 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 83° above S. Day length 12 h 06 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
06:006:00 AM to 30:006:00+1 AM
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 | past sunrise | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 21:509:50 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 28:12 04:124:12 AM Mon | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 18:356:35 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:125:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:258:25 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0312:03 PM | 13:341:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:161:16 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:561:56 PM | 15:413:41 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:042:04 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:053:05 PM | 16:354:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:066:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:294:29 PM | 17:185:18 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:354:35 PM | 18:066:06 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:066:06 PM | 19:417:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:066:06 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:066:06 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:434:43+1 AM | 30:266:26+1 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |