Thursday 8 July 1948 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Guruvāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:2012:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 20:538:53 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:455:45 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3710:37 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 90° above N. Day length 13 h 26 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
05:455:45 AM to 29:455:45 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 | 20:538:53 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 20:058:05 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 15:223:22 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:3710:37 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:455:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:455:45 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:455:45 AM | 07:257:25 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:505:50 AM | 07:167:16 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:069:06 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:1310:13 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:294:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:082:08 PM | 15:493:49 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:232:23 PM | 15:493:49 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:422:42 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:363:36 PM | 16:294:29 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:294:29 PM | 19:107:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:107:10 PM | 20:358:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:107:10 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:107:10 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |