Tuesday 13 April 2010 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 13:241:24 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:422:42 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:145:14 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:131:13 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadā gives way to Revatī.
Noon
11:3411:34 AM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 12 h 41 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
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05:145:14 AM to 29:135:13 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 14:422:42 PM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 13:131:13 PM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Indra | 14:192:19 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 14:422:42 PM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:13 05:135:13 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:433:43 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:433:43 AM | 04:294:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:064:06 AM | 05:145:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:145:14 AM | 07:467:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:467:46 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:467:46 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:028:02 AM | 09:459:45 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1111:11 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3511:35 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:204:20 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:233:23 PM | 17:555:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:555:55 PM | 19:267:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:555:55 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:555:55 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2610:26 PM | 23:1211:12 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:551:55 AM+1 | 27:373:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |