Wednesday 1 August 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 15:473:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:291:29 PM.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 372 of 1440 minutes of the day. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
06:376:37 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:291:29 PM
Caturdaśī gives way to Pūrṇimā.
Noon
13:151:15 PM
The Sun 83° above S. Day length 13 h 17 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
06:376:37 AM to 30:376:37 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 | 13:291:29 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Thu | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Prīti | 26:13 02:132:13 AM Thu | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:291:29 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:37 06:376:37 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:376:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:335:33 AM | 06:376:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:376:37 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:178:17 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:449:44 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:151:15 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:151:15 PM | 14:552:55 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:352:35 PM | 17:145:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:283:28 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:145:14 PM | 19:547:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:476:47 PM | 20:178:17 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:547:54 PM | 21:199:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:547:54 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:547:54 PM | 20:588:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 25:401:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:384:38 AM+1 | 30:106:10 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |