Thursday 3 March 2011 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Caturdaśī began at 00:1612:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:262:26 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:186:18 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:201:20 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 11 h 10 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
06:186:18 AM to 30:166:16 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 | 26:26 02:262:26 AM Fri | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 26:09 02:092:09 AM Fri | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 28:23 04:234:23 AM Fri | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:201:20 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:16 06:166:16 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:354:35 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:354:35 AM | 05:265:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:005:00 AM | 06:186:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:186:18 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:186:18 AM | 07:417:41 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:059:05 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0110:01 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:161:16 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:292:29 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:372:37 PM | 16:234:23 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:133:13 PM | 17:275:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:275:27 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:275:27 PM | 17:535:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:275:27 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |