Sunday 31 August 1997 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:033:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:215:21 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
04:584:58 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:104:10 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 23 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
04:584:58 AM to 29:005:00 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | past sunrise | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 23:5711:57 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 21:529:52 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:104:10 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:00 05:005:00 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:164:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:553:55 AM | 04:584:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:584:58 AM | 07:397:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:397:39 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2711:27 AM | 13:141:14 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:201:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:414:41 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:226:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:344:34 PM | 17:285:28 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:414:41 PM | 18:226:22 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:226:22 PM | 19:477:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:226:22 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:226:22 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1010:10 PM | 23:5711:57 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |