Tuesday 23 July 2002 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 17:145:14 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:584:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 145 of 183 minutes of sāyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoŚiva Śayanotsava determinate
At sunrise
04:104:10 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:035:03 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 15 h 13 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
04:104:10 AM to 28:114:11 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 | 16:584:58 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 21:039:03 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 15:233:23 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 05:035:03 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:11 04:114:11 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:003:00 AM | 04:104:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:003:00 AM | 03:353:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:173:17 AM | 04:104:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:104:10 AM | 07:127:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:216:21 AM | 07:597:59 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:127:12 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:127:12 AM | 08:138:13 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:587:58 AM | 09:529:52 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:401:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:171:17 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:182:18 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:343:34 PM | 17:285:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:094:09 PM | 17:475:47 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:204:20 PM | 19:237:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:237:23 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:237:23 PM | 19:407:40 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:237:23 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:2911:29 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |