Friday 31 August 1917 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:064:06 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2212:22+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 158 of 158 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:417:41 AM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 09 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
05:535:53 AM to 29:545:54+1 AM
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 | Śukla Caturdaśī | 24:22 00:2212:22 AM Sat | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 09:119:11 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 07:417:41 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:162:16 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:54 05:545:54 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:484:48 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:317:31 AM | 09:109:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:308:30 AM | 09:239:23 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4112:41 PM | 14:052:05 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:461:46 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:382:38 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:443:44 PM | 17:235:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 19:017:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:017:01 PM | 20:288:28 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:017:01 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:017:01 PM | 20:068:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:069:06 PM | 22:3010:30 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 24:5112:51+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |