Wednesday 30 November 2005 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 01:271:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3212:32+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:396:39 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:037:03 AM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:0412:04 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 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
06:396:39 AM to 30:406:40+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 | 24:32 00:3212:32 AM Thu | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 25:46 01:461:46 AM Thu | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 07:037:03 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:051:05 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:40 06:406:40 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:396:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:396:39 AM | 08:498:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:367:36 AM | 09:109:10 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:018:01 AM | 09:229:22 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:498:49 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4310:43 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0412:04 PM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:521:52 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:285:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:045:04 PM | 18:396:39 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:285:28 PM | 19:147:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:285:28 PM | 17:555:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:285:28 PM | 18:476:47 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4011:40 PM | 24:2812:28+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:375:37+1 AM | 31:097:09+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |