Tuesday 13 May 2014 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 05:385:38 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:454:45+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 80 of 80 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:507:50 AM
Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.
Noon
12:4612:46 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 13 h 59 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:465:46+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 | 28:45 04:454:45 AM Wed | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 10:2510:25 AM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 07:507:50 AM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:165:16 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:264:26 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:348:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:348:34 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:348:34 AM | 09:309:30 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:169:16 AM | 11:0111:01 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 14:312:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 16:584:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:063:06 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:573:57 PM | 17:325:32 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:164:16 PM | 18:016:01 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:584:58 PM | 19:457:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:457:45 PM | 21:059:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:457:45 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:457:45 PM | 20:458:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4611:46 PM | 24:2612:26+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 25:101:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:261:26+1 AM | 27:013:01+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |