Monday 6 February 1978 · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 06:256:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:043:04+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 24 of 107 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
06:486:48 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:444:44 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Śakuni.
Noon
12:0612:06 PM
The Sun 39° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
06:486:48 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 | 27:04 03:043:04 AM Tue | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 23:4611:46 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 22:5410:54 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:444:44 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:48 06:486:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:015:01 AM | 06:486:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:015:01 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:285:28 AM | 06:486:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:486:48 AM | 08:568:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:088:08 AM | 09:289:28 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:568:56 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:319:31 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4710:47 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 14:462:46 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:531:53 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:352:35 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:255:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:255:25 PM | 19:127:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:255:25 PM | 17:525:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:255:25 PM | 18:456:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:046:04 PM | 19:307:30 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3012:30+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:223:22+1 AM | 28:484:48+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |