Monday 6 July 2009 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 12:3512:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:532:53 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 188 of 188 minutes of sāyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoŚiva Śayanotsava determinate
At sunrise
03:543:54 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:532:53 PM
Caturdaśī gives way to Pūrṇimā.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 15 h 41 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
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03:543:54 AM to 27:553:55+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 | 14:532:53 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 24:58 00:5812:58 AM Tue | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 23:3211:32 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:532:53 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 27:55 03:553:55 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:482:48 AM | 03:543:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:482:48 AM | 03:213:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:043:04 AM | 03:543:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:543:54 AM | 07:027:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 05:525:52 AM | 07:497:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:596:59 AM | 08:478:47 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:027:02 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:479:47 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:421:42 PM | 15:403:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:212:21 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:243:24 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:274:27 PM | 19:357:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:465:46 PM | 19:347:34 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:357:35 PM | 20:428:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:357:35 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:357:35 PM | 20:258:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1011:10 PM | 24:5812:58+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |