Friday 10 April 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 01:141:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:503:50 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:045:04 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:322:32 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 13 h 16 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
05:045:04 AM to 29:025:02 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 | 27:50 03:503:50 AM Sat | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 17:525:52 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 24:26 00:2612:26 AM Sat | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:322:32 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:02 05:025:02 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:383:38 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:383:38 AM | 04:214:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:593:59 AM | 05:045:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:045:04 AM | 07:437:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:436:43 AM | 08:238:23 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:437:43 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:437:43 AM | 08:368:36 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:449:44 AM | 11:3211:32 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:404:40 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:206:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:206:20 PM | 19:467:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:206:20 PM | 18:416:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:206:20 PM | 19:247:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:203:20 AM+1 | 29:095:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |