Monday 4 July 1921 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:194:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:091:09 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:025:02 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:482:48 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 57 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
05:025:02 AM to 29:035:03 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 | 25:09 01:091:09 AM Tue | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 24:00 00:0012:00 AM Tue | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 25:01 01:011:01 AM Tue | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:482:48 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:03 05:035:03 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:264:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:084:08 AM | 05:025:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:025:02 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:556:55 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:237:23 AM | 08:508:50 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 11:0111:01 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3910:39 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:011:01 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:002:00 PM | 17:005:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:232:23 PM | 16:154:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:003:00 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:004:00 PM | 17:005:00 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:034:03 PM | 17:305:30 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:005:00 PM | 19:597:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:597:59 PM | 21:129:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:597:59 PM | 20:178:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:597:59 PM | 20:538:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |