Friday 19 January 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:304:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4212:42+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 120 of 120 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:249:24 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
11:5011:50 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 05 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
07:187:18 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 24:42 00:4212:42 AM Sat | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 09:249:24 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 17:355:35 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:372:37 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:495:49 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:597:59 AM | 09:249:24 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:268:26 AM | 09:359:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:079:07 AM | 09:449:44 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4310:43 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:4512:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4512:45 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:211:21 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:153:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:342:34 PM | 16:234:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:234:23 PM | 18:226:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:234:23 PM | 16:534:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:234:23 PM | 17:525:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:465:46 PM | 19:097:09 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2611:26 PM | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:082:08+1 AM | 27:313:31+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |