Wednesday 5 September 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 02:242:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:4510:45 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 158 of 158 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:045:04 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3612:36 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 13 h 09 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
05:045:04 AM to 29:055:05+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 | Śukla Caturdaśī | 22:4510:45 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 22:2510:25 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 14:122:12 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:3612:36 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:05 05:055:05 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:373:37 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:373:37 AM | 04:214:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:593:59 AM | 05:045:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:045:04 AM | 07:427:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:436:43 AM | 08:218:21 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:427:42 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:171:17 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:151:15 PM | 14:402:40 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 18:136:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:136:13 PM | 19:407:40 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:136:13 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:136:13 PM | 19:187:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:444:44+1 AM | 30:086:08+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |