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Sunday 8 May 2016 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Vaiśākha Śukla Dvitīyā

Ravivāra. Dvitīyā began at 21:479:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:216:21 PM.

Observed here on this day

Paraśurāma Jayantī

Tṛtīyā covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:165:16 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:028:02 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 85° above S. Day length 13 h 06 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 20° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 20° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:493:49 AM–04:334:33 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:114:11 AM–05:165:16 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–12:1512:15 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:002:00 PM–14:532:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:226:22 PM–18:446:44 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:226:22 PM–19:277:27 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:4411:44 PM–25:111:11+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa11:4911:49 AM–13:271:27 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:063:06 PM–16:444:44 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:374:37 PM–17:305:30 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla16:444:44 PM–18:226:22 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya19:267:26 PM–20:528:52 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Udvega05:165:16 AM–06:556:55 AMavoid
Cara06:556:55 AM–08:338:33 AMneutral
Lābha08:338:33 AM–10:1110:11 AMgood
Amṛta10:1110:11 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Kāla11:4911:49 AM–13:271:27 PMavoid
Śubha13:271:27 PM–15:063:06 PMgood
Roga15:063:06 PM–16:444:44 PMavoid
Udvega16:444:44 PM–18:226:22 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha18:226:22 PM–19:447:44 PMgood
Amṛta19:447:44 PM–21:069:06 PMgood
Cara21:069:06 PM–22:2710:27 PMneutral
Roga22:2710:27 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Kāla23:4911:49 PM–25:111:11+1 AMavoid
Lābha25:111:11+1 AM–26:322:32+1 AMgood
Udvega26:322:32+1 AM–27:543:54+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:543:54+1 AM–29:165:16+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:165:16 AM to 29:165:16+1 AM

05:165:16 AM sunrise18:226:22 PM sunsetsunrise 29:165:16+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 18:216:21 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇīuntil 26:372:37+1 AM
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 09:329:32 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 08:028:02 AM
Kaulavauntil 18:216:21 PM
Taitilauntil 28:484:48+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–12:1512:15 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:444:44 PM–18:226:22 PM
Pradoṣa 18:226:22 PM–19:497:49 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13+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.

  1. SunriseDvitīyā holds. Ravivāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1512:15 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:226:22 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  6. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  7. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 06 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:497:49 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. MṛgaśirāNakṣatra: Rohiṇī ends.
  12. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  13. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā18:216:21 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraRohiṇī26:37 02:372:37 AM MonMṛgaśirā
YogaŚobhana09:329:32 AMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava08:028:02 AMKaulava
VāraRavivāra29:16 05:165:16 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 051
Day length
13 h 06 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
06:386:38 AM
Moonset
20:038:03 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:493:49 AM05:165:16 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:493:49 AM04:334:33 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:114:11 AM05:165:16 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:165:16 AM07:547:54 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:547:54 AM10:3110:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM12:1512:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:271:27 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:081:08 PM15:453:45 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:002:00 PM14:532:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:063:06 PM16:444:44 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:453:45 PM18:226:22 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:374:37 PM17:305:30 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:444:44 PM18:226:22 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk18:226:22 PM19:497:49 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:226:22 PM18:446:44 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:226:22 PM19:277:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:267:26 PM20:528:52 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:4411:44 PM25:111:11+1 AMsixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
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