Thursday 15 September 2016 · Tehran, Iran
Guruvāra. Caturdaśī began at 04:274:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:162:16+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 149 of 149 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:108:10 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:5912:59 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 h 24 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:486:48+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Caturdaśī | 26:16 02:162:16 AM Fri | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 08:108:10 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 26:07 02:072:07 AM Fri | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:253:25 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:48 06:486:48 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:476:47 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:476:47 AM | 08:208:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:132:13 PM | 16:424:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:322:32 PM | 16:054:05 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:552:55 PM | 16:254:25 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:033:03 PM | 15:533:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:533:53 PM | 16:424:42 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:424:42 PM | 19:117:11 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:117:11 PM | 20:448:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:117:11 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:117:11 PM | 20:218:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5411:54 PM | 25:241:24+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3512:35+1 AM | 25:231:23+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |