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Wednesday 20 April 2016 · Tehran, Iran

Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī

Budhavāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:474:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:217:21+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī

Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:256:25 AM

Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:451:45 PM

Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.

Noon

13:031:03 PM

The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 16 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran13:031:03 PM
At noon, 13:031:03 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 160° ahead of it, in Hasta, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 160° falls in Śukla Caturdaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:594:59 AM–05:425:42 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:215:21 AM–06:256:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya15:163:16 PM–16:094:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:427:42 PM–20:038:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:427:42 PM–20:468:46 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:288:28 PM–22:1710:17 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:058:05 AM–09:449:44 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:399:39 AM–11:2711:27 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:2411:24 AM–13:031:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:3712:37 PM–13:301:30 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:031:03 PM–14:432:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Lābha06:256:25 AM–08:058:05 AMgood
Amṛta08:058:05 AM–09:449:44 AMgood
Kāla09:449:44 AM–11:2411:24 AMavoid
Śubha11:2411:24 AM–13:031:03 PMgood
Roga13:031:03 PM–14:432:43 PMavoid
Udvega14:432:43 PM–16:234:23 PMavoid
Cara16:234:23 PM–18:026:02 PMneutral
Lābha18:026:02 PM–19:427:42 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:427:42 PM–21:029:02 PMavoid
Śubha21:029:02 PM–22:2210:22 PMgood
Amṛta22:2210:22 PM–23:4311:43 PMgood
Cara23:4311:43 PM–25:031:03+1 AMneutral
Roga25:031:03+1 AM–26:232:23+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:232:23+1 AM–27:433:43+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:433:43+1 AM–29:045:04+1 AMgood
Udvega29:045:04+1 AM–30:246:24+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:256:25 AM to 30:246:24+1 AM

06:256:25 AM sunrise19:427:42 PM sunsetsunrise 30:246:24+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Caturdaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 27:143:14+1 AM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 13:451:45 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 18:036:03 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:031:03 PM–14:432:43 PM
Pradoṣa 19:427:42 PM–21:079:07 PM
Niśītha 24:3912:39+1 AM–25:271:27+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.

  1. SunriseCaturdaśī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:432:43 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 16 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 21:079:07 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:271:27+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturdaśīpast sunrisePūrṇimā
NakṣatraHasta27:14 03:143:14 AM ThuCitrā
YogaVyāghāta13:451:45 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaGara18:036:03 PMVaṇija
VāraBudhavāra30:24 06:246:24 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 033
Day length
13 h 16 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
18:106:10 PM
Moonset
30:026:02+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:594:59 AM06:256:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:594:59 AM05:425:42 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:215:21 AM06:256:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:256:25 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:058:05 AM09:449:44 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM11:4411:44 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:399:39 AM11:2711:27 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:2411:24 AM13:031:03 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:3712:37 PM13:301:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:3912:39 PM13:271:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:031:03 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:232:23 PM17:025:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:163:16 PM16:094:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:025:02 PM19:427:42 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:427:42 PM21:079:07 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:427:42 PM20:038:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:427:42 PM20:468:46 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:288:28 PM22:1710:17 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:3912:39+1 AM25:271:27+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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