Monday 24 January 1944 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 06:566:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:503:50 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 78 of 118 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
08:158:15 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:265:26 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:5212:52 PM
The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 15 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
08:158:15 AM to 32:148:14 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 | 27:50 03:503:50 AM Tue | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 24:43 00:4312:43 AM Tue | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 24:00 00:0012:00 AM Tue | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:265:26 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:14 08:148:14 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:176:17 AM | 08:158:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:176:17 AM | 07:167:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:466:46 AM | 08:158:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:158:15 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:249:24 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0610:06 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:091:09 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:111:11 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:012:01 PM | 15:113:11 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:252:25 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:023:02 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 17:305:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:305:30 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:305:30 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:305:30 PM | 18:586:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:238:23 PM | 21:499:49 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2812:28 AM+1 | 25:161:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 31:507:50 AM+1 | 33:159:15 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |