Monday 4 August 1986 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 00:5912:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:302:30+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:245:24 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:481:48 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:4612:46 PM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 14 h 44 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
05:245:24 AM to 29:255:25+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 | 26:30 02:302:30 AM Tue | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 20:368:36 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Vajra | 17:565:56 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:481:48 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:245:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:245:24 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:147:14 AM | 09:059:05 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:297:29 AM | 09:149:14 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5510:55 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:151:15 PM | 14:142:14 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:142:14 PM | 17:115:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:362:36 PM | 16:274:27 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:133:13 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:124:12 PM | 17:115:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:115:11 PM | 20:088:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:585:58 PM | 19:437:43 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:088:08 PM | 21:229:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:088:08 PM | 20:268:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:088:08 PM | 21:049:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 25:101:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:125:12+1 AM | 30:556:55+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |