Friday 9 October 2026 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Śukravāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:463:46 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:063:06 AM+1.
At sunrise
06:226:22 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Observed here on this day
Śivarātri
Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
Next boundary
06:286:28 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Auspicious
Avoid
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
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.
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Sat | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 26:50 02:502:50 AM Sat | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śukla | 06:286:28 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:243:24 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:524:52 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:524:52 AM | 05:375:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:145:14 AM | 06:226:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:226:22 AM | 08:558:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 07:577:57 AM | 09:339:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:558:55 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:558:55 AM | 09:459:45 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kāla | 11:0811:08 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijit | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:081:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 13:081:08 PM | 13:591:59 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:591:59 PM | 16:314:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:502:50 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 15:533:53 PM | 17:285:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:314:31 PM | 19:037:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 19:037:03 PM | 20:348:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:037:03 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:037:03 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 19:387:38 PM | 21:149:14 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 25:061:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |