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Friday 20 May 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Caturdaśī

Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 00:5312:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:123:12 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nṛsiṃha Caturdaśī · Narasimha Jayanti

Caturdaśī covers 70 of 70 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

04:014:01 AM

Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:052:05 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

11:3711:37 AM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 15 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3711:37 AM
At noon, 11:3711:37 AM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 161° ahead of it, in Svātī, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 161° falls in Śukla Caturdaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta02:502:50 AM–03:263:26 AM
  • Amṛta kāla09:059:05 AM–10:5310:53 AM
  • Abhijit11:0611:06 AM–12:0712:07 PM
  • Vijaya14:092:09 PM–15:103:10 PM
  • Godhūli19:137:13 PM–19:307:30 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika05:555:55 AM–07:497:49 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:037:03 AM–08:048:04 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:439:43 AM–11:3711:37 AM
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–13:081:08 PM
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:253:25 PM–17:195:19 PM
  • Varjya25:121:12 AM+1–26:592:59 AM+1

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Cara04:014:01 AM–05:555:55 AMneutral
Lābha05:555:55 AM–07:497:49 AMgood
Amṛta07:497:49 AM–09:439:43 AMgood
Kāla09:439:43 AM–11:3711:37 AMavoid
Śubha11:3711:37 AM–13:311:31 PMgood
Roga13:311:31 PM–15:253:25 PMavoid
Udvega15:253:25 PM–17:195:19 PMavoid
Cara17:195:19 PM–19:137:13 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga19:137:13 PM–20:198:19 PMavoid
Kāla20:198:19 PM–21:259:25 PMavoid
Lābha21:259:25 PM–22:3110:31 PMgood
Udvega22:3110:31 PM–23:3611:36 PMavoid
Śubha23:3611:36 PM–24:4212:42 AM+1good
Amṛta24:4212:42 AM+1–25:481:48 AM+1good
Cara25:481:48 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1neutral
Roga26:542:54 AM+1–28:004:00 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:014:01 AM to 28:004:00 AM+1

04:014:01 AM sunrise19:137:13 PM sunsetsunrise 28:004:00 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturdaśīuntil 27:123:12 AM+1
Pūrṇimāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 18:586:58 PM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 26:502:50 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 14:052:05 PM
Vaṇijauntil 27:123:12 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:439:43 AM–11:3711:37 AM
Abhijit 11:0611:06 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 19:137:13 PM–20:238:23 PM
Niśītha 23:1211:12 PM–24:0012:00 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.

  1. SunriseCaturdaśī holds. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:3711:37 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 15 h 12 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:238:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0012:00 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. PūrṇimāTithi: Caturdaśī ends.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturdaśī27:12 03:123:12 AM SatPūrṇimā
NakṣatraSvātī18:586:58 PMViśākhā
YogaVarīyān26:50 02:502:50 AM SatParigha
KaraṇaGara14:052:05 PMVaṇija
VāraŚukravāra28:00 04:004:00 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 063
Day length
15 h 12 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
17:295:29 PM
Moonset
27:543:54 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya02:502:50 AM04:014:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta02:502:50 AM03:263:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā03:083:08 AM04:014:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla04:014:01 AM07:037:03 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika05:555:55 AM07:497:49 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgava07:037:03 AM10:0610:06 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta07:037:03 AM08:048:04 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla09:059:05 AM10:5310:53 AMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kāla09:439:43 AM11:3711:37 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijit11:0611:06 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:1311:13 AM12:0112:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM13:081:08 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:081:08 PM16:114:11 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya14:092:09 PM15:103:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa15:253:25 PM17:195:19 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhna16:114:11 PM19:137:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa19:137:13 PM20:238:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli19:137:13 PM19:307:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:137:13 PM20:068:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:1211:12 PM24:0012:00 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya25:121:12 AM+126:592:59 AM+1sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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