Friday 12 February 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:275:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:118:11 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:257:25 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:333:33 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
12:4112:41 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 h 34 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
07:257:25 AM to 31:237:23 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 | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 15:333:33 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 29:03 05:035:03 AM Sat | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 18:496:49 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:375:37 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:375:37 AM | 06:316:31 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:046:04 AM | 07:257:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:257:25 AM | 09:319:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:198:19 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:448:44 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:319:31 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:319:31 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:051:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:021:02 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:451:45 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:272:27 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:203:20 PM | 16:394:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:513:51 PM | 17:585:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:585:58 PM | 19:457:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:585:58 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:585:58 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:048:04 PM | 21:539:53 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 25:051:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:566:56 AM+1 | 32:448:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |