Sunday 16 December 2001 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Dvitīyā began at 04:534:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:315:31 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:307:30 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:085:08 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:1412:14 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 27 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
07:307:30 AM to 31:317:31 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 Dvitīyā | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Mon | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 30:16 06:166:16 AM Mon | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:085:08 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:31 07:317:31 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:345:34 AM | 07:307:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:345:34 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:036:03 AM | 07:307:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:307:30 AM | 09:249:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:249:24 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:241:24 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:352:35 PM | 15:463:46 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 16:574:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:413:41 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:463:46 PM | 16:574:57 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:574:57 PM | 18:546:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:574:57 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:574:57 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:205:20 PM | 19:017:01 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:263:26 AM+1 | 29:075:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |