Monday 16 April 2007 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:045:04 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:251:25+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:163:16 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:2012:20 PM
The Sun 42° above N. Day length 11 h 05 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:486:48+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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 25:25 01:251:25 AM Tue | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 19:407:40 PM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Indra | 16:364:36 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:163:16 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:48 06:486:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:045:04 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:045:04 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:305:30 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:476:47 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:566:56 AM | 08:218:21 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:108:10 AM | 09:349:34 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5710:57 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:261:26 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:431:43 PM | 15:063:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:552:55 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:253:25 PM | 16:504:50 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 17:535:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:535:53 PM | 19:367:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:535:53 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:535:53 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5611:56 PM | 24:4412:44+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:116:11+1 AM | 31:357:35+1 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |