Tuesday 2 May 1939 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 02:092:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3012:30 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 85 of 85 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:155:15 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:171:17 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 75° above S. Day length 13 h 19 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
05:155:15 AM to 29:155:15 AM+1
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 | 24:30 00:3012:30 AM Wed | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 25:02 01:021:02 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Vajra | 16:504:50 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:171:17 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:15 05:155:15 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:334:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:114:11 AM | 05:155:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:155:15 AM | 07:557:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:557:55 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:557:55 AM | 08:498:49 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:358:35 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:389:38 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5511:55 AM | 13:351:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:082:08 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:153:15 PM | 16:554:55 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:553:55 PM | 18:356:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:356:35 PM | 20:008:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:356:35 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:356:35 PM | 19:397:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:536:53 PM | 20:258:25 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5110:51 PM | 23:3311:33 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1912:19 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |