Thursday 17 July 2008 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Caturdaśī began at 12:2212:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:202:20 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 185 of 185 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚiva Śayanotsava determinate
At sunrise
04:044:04 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:577:57 AM
Indra gives way to Vaidhṛti.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 h 24 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
04:044:04 AM to 28:054:05+1 AM
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 | 14:202:20 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 07:577:57 AM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:202:20 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:05 04:054:05 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:552:55 AM | 04:044:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:552:55 AM | 03:303:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:123:12 AM | 04:044:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:044:04 AM | 07:097:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:044:04 AM | 05:595:59 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:097:09 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:557:55 AM | 09:509:50 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:129:12 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 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 |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:181:18 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:301:30 PM | 15:163:16 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:411:41 PM | 15:373:37 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:213:21 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:234:23 PM | 19:287:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:287:28 PM | 20:378:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:287:28 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:287:28 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 25:491:49+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |