Wednesday 18 February 1920 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:504:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:295:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:426:42 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:145:14 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:5411:54 AM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 10 h 25 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
06:426:42 AM to 30:416:41 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 | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Thu | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 27:51 03:513:51 AM Thu | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 28:47 04:474:47 AM Thu | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:145:14 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:41 06:416:41 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:534:53 AM | 06:426:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:534:53 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:426:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:426:42 AM | 08:478:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:496:49 AM | 08:308:30 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:008:00 AM | 09:189:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:478:47 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3610:36 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5511:55 AM | 13:131:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:391:39 PM | 14:202:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:023:02 PM | 17:075:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:554:55 PM | 18:366:36 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:075:07 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:075:07 PM | 17:345:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:075:07 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3011:30 PM | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |