Wednesday 12 January 1983 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:444:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:247:24 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:127:12 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:036:03 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:2212:22 PM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 21 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
07:127:12 AM to 31:127:12 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | past sunrise | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 24:32 00:3212:32 AM Thu | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 21:169:16 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 18:036:03 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:12 07:127:12 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:235:23 AM | 07:127:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:235:23 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:127:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:127:12 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:298:29 AM | 09:479:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:2011:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:0511:05 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:401:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:241:24 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:062:06 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:335:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:205:20 PM | 19:087:08 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:335:33 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:335:33 PM | 18:006:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:335:33 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4410:44 PM | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |