Tuesday 14 January 2014 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 20:518:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:2111:21 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
06:556:55 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0510:05 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:5012:50 PM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 49 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
06:556:55 AM to 30:566:56+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 | Śukla Caturdaśī | 23:2111:21 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 25:47 01:471:47 AM Wed | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Indra | 17:555:55 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 10:0510:05 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:56 06:566:56 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:556:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 06:556:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:556:55 AM | 09:179:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:178:17 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:179:17 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:179:17 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2612:26 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2612:26 PM | 13:131:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:182:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:012:01 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:342:34 PM | 16:224:22 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:473:47 PM | 17:165:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:224:22 PM | 18:446:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:446:44 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:446:44 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:446:44 PM | 19:577:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2612:26+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2612:26+1 AM | 25:141:14+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |