Wednesday 13 September 2023 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:524:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:207:20 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 91 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
05:155:15 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:066:06 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 12 h 42 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
05:155:15 AM to 29:165:16 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 | past sunrise | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 28:31 04:314:31 AM Thu | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 28:37 04:374:37 AM Thu | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 18:066:06 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:16 05:165:16 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:453:45 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:304:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:074:07 AM | 05:155:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:155:15 AM | 07:477:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:506:50 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:477:47 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:111:11 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:013:01 PM | 16:494:49 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:243:24 PM | 17:575:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:575:57 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:575:57 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:575:57 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:491:49 AM+1 | 27:373:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |