Sunday 7 February 2016 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 02:332:33 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5012:50+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 109 of 109 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:317:31 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:461:46 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:4112:41 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 21 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
07:317:31 AM to 31:307:30+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 | 24:50 00:5012:50 AM Mon | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 20:598:59 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 19:467:46 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:461:46 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:30 07:307:30 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:415:41 AM | 07:317:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:415:41 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:096:09 AM | 07:317:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:317:31 AM | 09:359:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:359:35 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| 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 |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:591:59 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:431:43 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:252:25 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:502:50 PM | 16:224:22 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:163:16 PM | 16:344:34 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:473:47 PM | 17:525:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:294:29 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:344:34 PM | 17:525:52 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:525:52 PM | 19:417:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:525:52 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:525:52 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1712:17+1 AM | 25:051:05+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4512:45+1 AM | 26:152:15+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |