Monday 15 December 1986 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 10:1510:15 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:3612:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 123 of 123 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:177:17 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3612:36 PM
Caturdaśī gives way to Pūrṇimā.
Noon
11:3511:35 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 35 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
07:177:17 AM to 31:187:18+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 | 12:3612:36 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Tue | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 25:23 01:231:23 AM Tue | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:3612:36 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 07:177:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:455:45 AM | 07:177:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:177:17 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:228:22 AM | 09:269:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3010:30 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1111:11 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1811:18 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:441:44 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:011:01 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:351:35 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:092:09 PM | 15:523:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:523:52 PM | 17:565:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:523:52 PM | 16:234:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:523:52 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:583:58 PM | 17:455:45 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:209:20 PM | 23:0711:07 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1111:11 PM | 23:5911:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 31:127:12+1 AM | 32:598:59+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |