Tuesday 23 September 2014 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 10:0010:00 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:1512:15 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 145 of 145 minutes of aparāhṇa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:386:38 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1512:15 PM
Caturdaśī gives way to Amāvasyā.
Noon
12:4212:42 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 12 h 07 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
06:386:38 AM to 30:396:39+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 | 12:1512:15 PM | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 17:345:34 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 24:31 00:3112:31 AM Wed | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Śakuni | 12:1512:15 PM | Catuṣpāda |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:39 06:396:39 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:035:03 AM | 06:386:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:035:03 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:386:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:386:38 AM | 09:039:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:039:03 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:039:03 AM | 09:529:52 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:409:40 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2610:26 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4212:42 PM | 14:132:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:541:54 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:432:43 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:433:43 PM | 17:145:14 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:204:20 PM | 18:456:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:456:45 PM | 20:208:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:456:45 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:456:45 PM | 19:577:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1812:18+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1812:18+1 AM | 25:061:06+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:301:30+1 AM | 27:163:16+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |