Tuesday 27 May 2014 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 02:172:17 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:162:16 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
03:553:55 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:142:14 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 h 25 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
03:553:55 AM to 27:543:54 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 | 26:16 02:162:16 AM Wed | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 19:287:28 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 15:563:56 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:142:14 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 27:54 03:543:54 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:462:46 AM | 03:553:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:462:46 AM | 03:203:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:033:03 AM | 03:553:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:553:55 AM | 07:007:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 04:444:44 AM | 06:226:22 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:007:00 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:007:00 AM | 08:028:02 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:467:46 AM | 09:429:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:331:33 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:122:12 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:342:34 PM | 16:124:12 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:293:29 PM | 17:245:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:154:15 PM | 19:207:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:207:20 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:207:20 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:207:20 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4610:46 PM | 23:2011:20 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |