Tuesday 14 January 2014 · Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:215:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:517:51 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
06:386:38 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:227:22 AM
Mṛgaśirā gives way to Ārdrā.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 11 h 30 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
06:386:38 AM to 30:386:38 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 | past sunrise | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 07:227:22 AM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Indra | 26:25 02:252:25 AM Wed | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 18:356:35 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:38 06:386:38 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:584:58 AM | 06:386:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:584:58 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:235:23 AM | 06:386:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:386:38 AM | 08:568:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:568:56 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:568:56 AM | 09:429:42 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:491:49 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:321:32 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:182:18 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:163:16 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:086:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:474:47 PM | 18:356:35 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:086:08 PM | 19:487:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:086:08 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:086:08 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:0411:04 PM | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0811:08 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |