Monday 29 March 2010 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 16:524:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:351:35 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoCaitrī Pūrṇimā boundary
At sunrise
07:057:05 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:168:16 AM
Gaṇḍa gives way to Vṛddhi.
Noon
13:141:14 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 12 h 19 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
07:057:05 AM to 31:047:04+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 | 13:351:35 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 25:50 01:501:50 AM Tue | Hasta |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 08:168:16 AM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:351:35 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:04 07:047:04 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:315:31 AM | 07:057:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:315:31 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:545:54 AM | 07:057:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:057:05 AM | 09:329:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:378:37 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:329:32 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4610:46 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:141:14 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:391:39 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:282:28 PM | 16:564:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:472:47 PM | 16:194:19 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:173:17 PM | 16:074:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:074:07 PM | 16:564:56 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:564:56 PM | 19:247:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:237:23 PM | 20:498:49 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:247:24 PM | 20:578:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:247:24 PM | 19:477:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:247:24 PM | 20:348:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5012:50+1 AM | 25:381:38+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |