Monday 27 September 2004 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 18:536:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:185:18 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 144 of 144 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:255:25 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:026:02 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:2511:25 AM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 12 h 00 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
05:255:25 AM to 29:255:25 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 | 17:185:18 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 25:06 01:061:06 AM Tue | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 23:0711:07 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 06:026:02 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:493:49 AM | 05:255:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:493:49 AM | 04:374:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:134:13 AM | 05:255:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:255:25 AM | 07:497:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:556:55 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:497:49 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:028:02 AM | 09:359:35 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3712:37 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:252:25 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:251:25 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:132:13 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:013:01 PM | 17:255:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:215:21 PM | 18:546:54 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:255:25 PM | 19:017:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:255:25 PM | 17:495:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:255:25 PM | 18:376:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:4911:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |