Wednesday 18 September 2013 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 23:2811:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:109:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 147 of 147 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:566:56 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1710:17 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 12 h 13 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
06:566:56 AM to 30:576:57 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 | 21:109:10 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 21:379:37 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 13:341:34 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 10:1710:17 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 06:566:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:566:56 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3111:31 AM | 13:031:03 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:031:03 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:162:16 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:532:53 PM | 16:234:23 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:053:05 PM | 15:543:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:434:43 PM | 19:107:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:107:10 PM | 20:448:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:107:10 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:107:10 PM | 20:218:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 25:271:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:423:42 AM+1 | 29:135:13 AM+1 | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |