Tuesday 24 July 1956 · Bucharest, Romania
Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 01:511:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:024:02 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:544:54 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:588:58 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:2212:22 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 14 h 56 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
04:544:54 AM to 28:554:55 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 | Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā | 28:02 04:024:02 AM Wed | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 08:588:58 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Wed | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 14:582:58 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:55 04:554:55 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:413:41 AM | 04:544:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:413:41 AM | 04:184:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:593:59 AM | 04:544:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:544:54 AM | 07:537:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:537:53 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:537:53 AM | 08:538:53 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:388:38 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2212:22 PM | 14:142:14 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:251:25 PM | 15:123:12 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:511:51 PM | 16:504:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:512:51 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:064:06 PM | 17:585:58 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:504:50 PM | 19:497:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:497:49 PM | 21:029:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:497:49 PM | 20:088:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:497:49 PM | 20:448:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 25:531:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |