Tuesday 27 July 1999 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Caturdaśī began at 16:534:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:226:22 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 122 of 170 minutes of sāyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoŚiva Śayanotsava determinate
At sunrise
06:156:15 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:333:33 PM
Pūrvāṣāḍhā gives way to Uttarāṣāḍhā.
Noon
13:191:19 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 09 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
06:156:15 AM to 30:156:15 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 | 18:226:22 PM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 15:333:33 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 27:33 03:333:33 AM Wed | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 18:226:22 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:15 06:156:15 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:564:56 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:564:56 AM | 05:355:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:165:16 AM | 06:156:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:156:15 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:049:04 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:479:47 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1910:19 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:191:19 PM | 15:053:05 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:442:44 PM | 17:345:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:413:41 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:524:52 PM | 18:386:38 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:345:34 PM | 20:248:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:248:24 PM | 21:439:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:248:24 PM | 20:448:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:248:24 PM | 21:239:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 25:511:51 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 25:001:00 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 25:441:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |