Tuesday 9 November 1920 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 22:3910:39 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:0811:08 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 110 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoKālī Pūjā boundary
At sunrise
07:057:05 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5010:50 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 11 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
07:057:05 AM to 31:067:06 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 | 23:0811:08 PM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 12:4412:44 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 29:34 05:345:34 AM Wed | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:5010:50 AM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:06 07:067:06 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 07:057:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 07:057:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:057:05 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:079:07 AM | 09:489:48 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:389:38 AM | 10:5410:54 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:271:27 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:521:52 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 16:004:00 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:165:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:165:16 PM | 19:077:07 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:165:16 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:165:16 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:386:38 PM | 20:198:19 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4810:48 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:464:46 AM+1 | 30:276:27 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |