Monday 8 September 2014 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 17:015:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:181:18 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 153 of 153 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:016:01 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:568:56 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:2512:25 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 47 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
06:016:01 AM to 30:026:02 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 | 13:181:18 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 08:568:56 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 16:594:59 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:181:18 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:02 06:026:02 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:314:31 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:544:54 AM | 06:016:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:016:01 AM | 08:348:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:377:37 AM | 09:139:13 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:348:34 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:411:41 PM | 16:144:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:002:00 PM | 15:363:36 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:322:32 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:163:16 PM | 16:414:41 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:233:23 PM | 16:144:14 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:144:14 PM | 18:486:48 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:486:48 PM | 20:188:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:486:48 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:486:48 PM | 19:557:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4311:43 PM | 25:071:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |