Sunday 14 September 2008 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ravivāra. Caturdaśī began at 20:348:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:128:12 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 141 of 141 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:226:22 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:288:28 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 49° above N. Day length 11 h 47 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
06:226:22 AM to 30:216:21 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 | 20:128:12 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 27:24 03:243:24 AM Mon | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 24:43 00:4312:43 AM Mon | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:288:28 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:454:45 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:454:45 AM | 05:345:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:095:09 AM | 06:226:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:226:22 AM | 08:448:44 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:448:44 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3010:30 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:441:44 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:271:27 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 16:414:41 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:483:48 PM | 18:106:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:354:35 PM | 17:225:22 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:414:41 PM | 18:106:10 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:106:10 PM | 19:477:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:106:10 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:106:10 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:108:10 PM | 21:469:46 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |