Friday 20 September 2002 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 17:505:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:477:47 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 148 of 148 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:245:24 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:466:46 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:3411:34 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 12 h 19 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
05:245:24 AM to 29:255:25 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 | 19:477:47 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 16:534:53 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 29:12 05:125:12 AM Sat | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 06:466:46 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:374:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:144:14 AM | 05:245:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:245:24 AM | 07:517:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:566:56 AM | 08:288:28 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:517:51 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:517:51 AM | 08:418:41 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:568:56 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4712:47 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:361:36 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:382:38 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:153:15 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:435:43 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:435:43 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:435:43 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |