Sunday 4 May 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:273:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0212:02+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 3 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:235:23 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1910:19 AM
Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 14 h 01 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
05:235:23 AM to 29:225:22+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 24:02 00:0212:02 AM Mon | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 10:1910:19 AM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Prīti | 20:198:19 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:481:48 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:22 05:225:22 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:434:43 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:234:23 AM | 05:235:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:235:23 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:098:09 AM | 09:369:36 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:092:09 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:442:44 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:543:54 PM | 17:395:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:364:36 PM | 19:247:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:325:32 PM | 18:286:28 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:395:39 PM | 19:247:24 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:247:24 PM | 20:448:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:247:24 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:247:24 PM | 20:248:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:121:12+1 AM | 26:372:37+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:024:02+1 AM | 29:275:27+1 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |