Tuesday 20 January 2004 · Tehran, Iran
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 06:386:38 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:323:32 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 35 of 111 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
07:127:12 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:399:39 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 06 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
07:127:12 AM to 31:127:12 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 | Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī | 27:32 03:323:32 AM Wed | Amāvasyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 09:399:39 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 16:194:19 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:045:04 PM | Śakuni |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:12 07:127:12 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:215:21 AM | 07:127:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:215:21 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:495:49 AM | 07:127:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:127:12 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 08:128:12 AM | 09:399:39 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgava | 09:149:14 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:149:14 AM | 09:549:54 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:449:44 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:311:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:161:16 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 13:561:56 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 14:472:47 PM | 16:024:02 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:173:17 PM | 17:185:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:185:18 PM | 19:097:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:185:18 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:185:18 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 18:186:18 PM | 19:457:45 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 22:5210:52 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 26:572:57 AM+1 | 28:244:24 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |