Monday 23 August 2010 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 08:188:18 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:3810:38 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:348:34 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 85° above N. Day length 12 h 17 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:465:46+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 | Śukla Caturdaśī | 10:3810:38 AM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 08:348:34 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 21:469:46 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:3810:38 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:364:36 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:518:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2310:23 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:041:04 PM | 14:522:52 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:271:27 PM | 14:592:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:581:58 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:472:47 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:363:36 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:046:04 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:046:04 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:046:04 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1912:19+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5111:51 PM | 25:391:39+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |