Tuesday 28 July 2026 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 13:451:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:493:49 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 152 of 160 minutes of sāyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoŚiva Śayanotsava determinate
At sunrise
04:594:59 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4110:41 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhā gives way to Uttarāṣāḍhā.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 84° above S. Day length 13 h 22 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
04:594:59 AM to 29:005:00 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 | 15:493:49 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 10:4110:41 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 21:049:04 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:493:49 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:00 05:005:00 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:174:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:563:56 AM | 04:594:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:594:59 AM | 07:407:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:215:21 AM | 07:087:08 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:407:40 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:407:40 AM | 08:338:33 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:208:20 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:414:41 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:216:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:216:21 PM | 19:467:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:216:21 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:216:21 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:307:30 PM | 21:169:16 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |