Sunday 28 January 1968 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:533:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:002:00+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 117 of 117 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:349:34 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:097:09+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 26:00 02:002:00 AM Mon | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 16:024:02 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 09:349:34 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:542:54 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:435:43 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3011:30 AM | 13:001:00 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:041:04 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:271:27 PM | 14:052:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:142:14 PM | 15:253:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:432:43 PM | 16:364:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:203:20 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:253:25 PM | 16:364:36 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:364:36 PM | 18:326:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:364:36 PM | 17:055:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:364:36 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4111:41 PM | 25:131:13+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |