Friday 28 September 2012 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:185:18 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:345:34 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
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
07:367:36 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 58 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 | past sunrise | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 10:1510:15 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 07:367:36 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:225:22 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
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 |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:556:55 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:497:49 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:497:49 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3612:36 PM | 15:003:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:241:24 PM | 14:122:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:242:24 PM | 15:543:54 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:003:00 PM | 17:235:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:554:55 PM | 18:356:35 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:235:23 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:235:23 PM | 17:475:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:235:23 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:552:55 AM+1 | 28:354:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |