Sunday 14 January 1968 · Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 23:0011:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:5211:52 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:127:12 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3111:31 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 00 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
07:127:12 AM to 31:127:12 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 | 23:5211:52 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 27:22 03:223:22 AM Mon | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Indra | 21:039:03 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:3111:31 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:12 07:127:12 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:125:12 AM | 07:127:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:125:12 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 07:127:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:127:12 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5410:54 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:5012:50 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3612:36 PM | 14:242:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:121:12 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:571:57 PM | 15:053:05 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:242:24 PM | 16:124:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:003:00 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:053:05 PM | 16:124:12 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:124:12 PM | 18:126:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:124:12 PM | 16:424:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:124:12 PM | 17:425:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:494:49 PM | 18:306:30 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |