Monday 14 August 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 08:488:48 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:0911:09 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:306:30 AM
Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0911:09 AM
Caturdaśī gives way to Pūrṇimā.
Noon
13:181:18 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 13 h 35 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
06:306:30 AM to 30:316:31+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 | 11:0911:09 AM | Pūrṇimā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 26:17 02:172:17 AM Tue | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 29:17 05:175:17 AM Tue | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:0911:09 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:31 06:316:31 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:075:07 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:075:07 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:306:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:306:30 AM | 09:139:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:128:12 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:139:13 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3511:35 AM | 13:171:17 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:441:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:441:44 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:392:39 PM | 17:225:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:412:41 PM | 16:284:28 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:592:59 PM | 16:414:41 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:333:33 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:284:28 PM | 17:225:22 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:225:22 PM | 20:058:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:058:05 PM | 21:289:28 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:058:05 PM | 20:268:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:058:05 PM | 21:079:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5412:54+1 AM | 25:421:42+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |