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Monday 21 March 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Phālguna Śukla Caturdaśī

Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:423:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:435:43 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:565:56 AM

Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:404:40 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 84° above S. Day length 12 h 07 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 160° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 160° falls in Śukla Caturdaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:214:21 AM–05:095:09 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:454:45 AM–05:565:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3511:35 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:492:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:036:03 PM–18:276:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:036:03 PM–19:147:14 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:4411:44 PM–25:301:30 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:277:27 AM–08:588:58 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2910:29 AM–12:0012:00 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2412:24 PM–13:121:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya13:071:07 PM–14:532:53 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika13:301:30 PM–15:013:01 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:492:49 PM–15:383:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Amṛta05:565:56 AM–07:277:27 AMgood
Kāla07:277:27 AM–08:588:58 AMavoid
Śubha08:588:58 AM–10:2910:29 AMgood
Roga10:2910:29 AM–12:0012:00 PMavoid
Udvega12:0012:00 PM–13:301:30 PMavoid
Cara13:301:30 PM–15:013:01 PMneutral
Lābha15:013:01 PM–16:324:32 PMgood
Amṛta16:324:32 PM–18:036:03 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:036:03 PM–19:327:32 PMneutral
Roga19:327:32 PM–21:019:01 PMavoid
Kāla21:019:01 PM–22:3010:30 PMavoid
Lābha22:3010:30 PM–23:5911:59 PMgood
Udvega23:5911:59 PM–25:291:29 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:291:29 AM+1–26:582:58 AM+1good
Amṛta26:582:58 AM+1–28:274:27 AM+1good
Cara28:274:27 AM+1–29:565:56 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:565:56 AM to 29:565:56 AM+1

05:565:56 AM sunrise18:036:03 PM sunsetsunrise 29:565:56 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturdaśīuntil 29:435:43 AM+1
Pūrṇimāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 21:549:54 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 16:404:40 PM
Vaṇijauntil 29:435:43 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:277:27 AM–08:588:58 AM
Abhijit 11:3511:35 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Pradoṣa 18:036:03 PM–19:387:38 PM
Niśītha 23:3511:35 PM–24:2312:23 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.

  1. SunriseCaturdaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:588:58 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 07 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:387:38 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2312:23 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. PūrṇimāTithi: Caturdaśī ends.
  10. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturdaśī29:43 05:435:43 AM TuePūrṇimā
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunīpast sunriseUttara Phalgunī
YogaŚūla21:549:54 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaGara16:404:40 PMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra29:56 05:565:56 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 869 003
Day length
12 h 07 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
16:514:51 PM
Moonset
29:145:14 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:214:21 AM05:565:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:214:21 AM05:095:09 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:454:45 AM05:565:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:565:56 AM08:228:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:277:27 AM08:588:58 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:228:22 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2910:29 AM12:0012:00 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3511:35 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2412:24 PM13:121:12 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:071:07 PM14:532:53 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:383:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:301:30 PM15:013:01 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:492:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:492:49 PM15:383:38 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:383:38 PM18:036:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:036:03 PM19:387:38 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:036:03 PM18:276:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:036:03 PM19:147:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3511:35 PM24:2312:23 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:4411:44 PM25:301:30 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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