Friday 26 January 2074 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 17:045:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:393:39 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 113 of 113 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:417:41 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0810:08 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhā gives way to Uttarāṣāḍhā.
Noon
12:3912:39 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 57 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
07:417:41 AM to 31:407:40+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 | 15:393:39 PM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 10:0810:08 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 29:24 05:245:24 AM Sat | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 15:393:39 PM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:40 07:407:40 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:485:48 AM | 07:417:41 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:485:48 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:176:17 AM | 07:417:41 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:417:41 AM | 09:409:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:568:56 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:409:40 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:409:40 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:041:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:001:00 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:391:39 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:192:19 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:093:09 PM | 16:244:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:385:38 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:385:38 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:385:38 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:595:59 PM | 19:337:33 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1512:15+1 AM | 25:031:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:233:23+1 AM | 28:574:57+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |