Tuesday 19 September 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 12:0812:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5310:53 AM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 147 of 147 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:395:39 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5310:53 AM
Caturdaśī gives way to Amāvasyā.
Noon
11:4711:47 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 h 15 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
05:395:39 AM to 29:405:40 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 10:5310:53 AM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 22:0110:01 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 11:4411:44 AM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 10:5310:53 AM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:064:06 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:064:06 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:294:29 AM | 05:395:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:395:39 AM | 08:068:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:166:16 AM | 07:507:50 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:068:06 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:068:06 AM | 08:558:55 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:438:43 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4711:47 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:512:51 PM | 16:224:22 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:273:27 PM | 17:545:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:433:43 PM | 17:175:17 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:545:54 PM | 19:287:28 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:545:54 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:545:54 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:2411:24 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:135:13 AM+1 | 30:496:49 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |