Friday 6 January 1989 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 01:241:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0912:09+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:216:21 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4612:46 PM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 38 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
06:216:21 AM to 30:216:21+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 | 24:09 00:0912:09 AM Sat | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 28:28 04:284:28 AM Sat | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 12:4612:46 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:5112:51 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:344:34 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:344:34 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:015:01 AM | 06:216:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:216:21 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:417:41 AM | 09:009:00 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:298:29 AM | 09:119:11 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2010:20 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4412:44 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5612:56 PM | 14:292:29 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:261:26 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:192:19 PM | 15:393:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:512:51 PM | 16:594:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:594:59 PM | 18:466:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:594:59 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:594:59 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1510:15 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:542:54+1 AM | 28:284:28+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |