Friday 8 October 1999 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 06:456:45 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:576:57 AM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:576:57 AM
Caturdaśī gives way to Amāvasyā.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 h 01 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40+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 | 06:576:57 AM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 09:059:05 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Brahma | 13:141:14 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 06:576:57 AM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:107:10 AM | 08:408:40 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:048:04 AM | 08:528:52 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1010:10 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:402:40 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:555:55 PM | 19:377:37 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:024:02+1 AM | 29:435:43+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |