Tuesday 12 September 2000 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 22:4610:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:1212:12 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 148 of 148 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:069:06 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 12 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:256:25 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 | 24:12 00:1212:12 AM Wed | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 09:069:06 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 10:3810:38 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:3311:33 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:25 06:256:25 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:524:52 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:524:52 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:155:15 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:538:53 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:538:53 AM | 09:429:42 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:309:30 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:072:07 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:491:49 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:382:38 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:393:39 PM | 17:125:12 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 18:446:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:514:51 PM | 18:346:34 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:446:44 PM | 20:188:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:446:44 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:446:44 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:113:11 AM+1 | 28:544:54 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |