Wednesday 22 September 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 12:3412:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:003:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 146 of 146 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:146:14 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:378:37 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
12:2012:20 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 12 h 10 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
06:146:14 AM to 30:156:15 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 | Śukla Caturdaśī | 15:003:00 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 08:378:37 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 18:066:06 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:003:00 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:15 06:156:15 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:404:40 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:404:40 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:035:03 AM | 06:146:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:146:14 AM | 08:408:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:457:45 AM | 09:179:17 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:408:40 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:511:51 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:321:32 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:212:21 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:463:46 PM | 17:345:34 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 19:597:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5611:56 PM | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:312:31 AM+1 | 28:184:18 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |