Wednesday 24 June 2009 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 22:5210:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:147:14 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:106:10 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:029:02 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:5512:55 PM
The Sun 89° above N. Day length 13 h 30 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
06:106:10 AM to 30:116:11+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 Dvitīyā | 19:147:14 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 19:347:34 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 15:513:51 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 09:029:02 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:11 06:116:11 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:464:46 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:464:46 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:075:07 AM | 06:106:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:106:10 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:517:51 AM | 09:339:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:528:52 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:588:58 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:5512:55 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:221:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:362:36 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:162:16 PM | 16:584:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:103:10 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:584:58 PM | 19:407:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:275:27 PM | 18:516:51 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:407:40 PM | 21:049:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:407:40 PM | 20:018:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:407:40 PM | 20:438:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3112:31+1 AM | 25:191:19+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:422:42+1 AM | 28:084:08+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |