Sunday 30 December 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 06:456:45 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:208:20 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:257:25 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
19:307:30 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 36 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
07:257:25 AM to 31:257:25 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 | past sunrise | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 24:22 00:2212:22 AM Mon | Mūla |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 20:048:04 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 19:307:30 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:25 07:257:25 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:236:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:257:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:257:25 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:172:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:091:09 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:521:52 PM | 14:562:56 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:172:17 PM | 16:014:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:512:51 PM | 16:354:35 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:522:52 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:562:56 PM | 16:014:01 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:014:01 PM | 18:046:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:014:01 PM | 16:314:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:014:01 PM | 17:335:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |