Monday 5 August 2013 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 01:561:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:034:03 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:295:29 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:023:02 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:3312:33 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 14 h 08 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:305:30 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 | 28:03 04:034:03 AM Tue | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 19:447:44 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Vajra | 15:063:06 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:023:02 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:304:30 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:216:21 AM | 08:088:08 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:157:15 AM | 09:019:01 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:188:18 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4710:47 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:011:01 PM | 13:571:57 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:571:57 PM | 16:474:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:182:18 PM | 16:044:04 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:542:54 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:503:50 PM | 16:474:47 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:474:47 PM | 19:367:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:045:04 PM | 18:516:51 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:367:36 PM | 20:558:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:367:36 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:367:36 PM | 20:368:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 24:5712:57 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:344:34 AM+1 | 30:206:20 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |