Monday 21 April 1997 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 01:541:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:293:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:434:43 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:298:29 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 13 h 52 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
04:434:43 AM to 28:424:42 AM+1
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 | 27:29 03:293:29 AM Tue | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 22:2810:28 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 08:298:29 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:452:45 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:42 04:424:42 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:223:22 AM | 04:434:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:223:22 AM | 04:034:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:423:42 AM | 04:434:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:434:43 AM | 07:307:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:245:24 AM | 07:097:09 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:276:27 AM | 08:118:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:307:30 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:231:23 PM | 15:073:07 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:581:58 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:532:53 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:493:49 PM | 18:356:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:543:54 PM | 17:395:39 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:356:35 PM | 19:567:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:356:35 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:356:35 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |