Saturday 28 January 2006 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śanivāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:115:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:521:52 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 117 of 117 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:409:40 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 27 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
07:107:10 AM to 31:087:08 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 | 25:52 01:521:52 AM Sun | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 16:104:10 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 09:409:40 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:343:34 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:08 07:087:08 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:135:13 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:116:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:107:10 AM | 09:039:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:107:10 AM | 08:208:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:107:10 AM | 07:477:47 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:477:47 AM | 08:258:25 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:039:03 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5111:51 AM | 13:171:17 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:041:04 PM | 14:152:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:052:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:432:43 PM | 16:374:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:374:37 PM | 18:336:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:374:37 PM | 17:065:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:374:37 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |