Saturday 28 January 2006 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Śanivāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:115:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:521:52+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
06:576:57 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:409:40 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 02 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+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 | 25:52 01:521:52 AM Sun | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 16:104:10 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 09:409:40 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:343:34 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:576:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:395:39 AM | 06:576:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:576:57 AM | 09:109:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:576:57 AM | 08:208:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:576:57 AM | 07:417:41 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:417:41 AM | 08:268:26 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:109:10 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:439:43 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5111:51 AM | 13:171:17 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:511:51 PM | 15:143:14 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:192:19 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:473:47 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:437:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:4012:40+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 24:5212:52+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |