Monday 14 April 2014 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 15:123:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:433:43 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoViṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī determinate
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:433:43 PM
Caturdaśī gives way to Pūrṇimā.
Noon
13:091:09 PM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 12 h 42 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
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06:496:49 AM to 30:486:48 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 | 15:433:43 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 25:13 01:131:13 AM Tue | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 24:09 00:0912:09 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:433:43 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:48 06:486:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:036:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:415:41 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 09:219:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:009:00 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:219:21 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:351:35 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:262:26 PM | 16:584:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:204:20 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:173:17 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:084:08 PM | 16:584:58 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:584:58 PM | 19:317:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:586:58 PM | 20:388:38 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:317:31 PM | 21:019:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:317:31 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:317:31 PM | 20:388:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 25:331:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |