Tuesday 20 January 2004 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 00:0812:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:029:02 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:576:57 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:499:49 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
12:5212:52 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
06:576:57 AM to 30:576:57 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 | 21:029:02 PM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 24:47 00:4712:47 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 09:499:49 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:3410:34 AM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:576:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:445:44 AM | 06:576:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:576:57 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:199:19 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4811:48 AM | 13:151:15 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:202:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:032:03 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:502:50 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:493:49 PM | 17:185:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 18:466:46 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:466:46 PM | 20:248:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:466:46 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:466:46 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:278:27 PM | 21:549:54 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2812:28 AM+1 | 25:161:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |