Monday 15 January 2018 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:015:01 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:427:42 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Pongal. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoYama Tarpaṇa boundaryŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:217:21 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2910:29 AM
Dhruva gives way to Vyāghāta.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 58 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
07:217:21 AM to 31:207:20 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 | past sunrise | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 18:496:49 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 10:2910:29 AM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 18:226:22 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:217:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:217:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:217:21 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 09:359:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4210:42 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:241:24 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:4312:43 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5712:57 PM | 14:042:04 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:191:19 PM | 13:551:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:551:55 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:312:31 PM | 16:184:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:184:18 PM | 18:196:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:184:18 PM | 16:484:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:184:18 PM | 17:495:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:015:01 PM | 18:496:49 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:385:38 AM+1 | 31:277:27 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |