Saturday 13 January 1945 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śanivāra. Caturdaśī began at 16:244:24 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:323:32 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti boundaryYama Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
08:228:22 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:323:32 PM
Caturdaśī gives way to Amāvasyā.
Noon
12:4912:49 PM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 54 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
08:228:22 AM to 32:228:22 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 | 15:323:32 PM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Sun | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 25:24 01:241:24 AM Sun | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 15:323:32 PM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 32:22 08:228:22 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:216:21 AM | 08:228:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:216:21 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:516:51 AM | 08:228:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:228:22 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:228:22 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:228:22 AM | 08:588:58 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:588:58 AM | 09:339:33 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3510:35 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2512:25 PM | 13:131:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:421:42 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:551:55 PM | 15:023:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:182:18 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:165:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:165:16 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:165:16 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:165:16 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:175:17 PM | 18:506:50 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2512:25 AM+1 | 25:131:13 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:382:38 AM+1 | 28:114:11 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |