Tuesday 31 August 1920 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 21:249:24 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:229:22 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:584:58 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:368:36 AM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 24 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
04:584:58 AM to 28:594:59 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 | 21:229:22 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 10:5010:50 AM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 08:368:36 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 09:269:26 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:154:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:543:54 AM | 04:584:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:584:58 AM | 07:397:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:397:39 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:397:39 AM | 08:328:32 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:198:19 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:201:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:226:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:226:22 PM | 19:477:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:226:22 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:226:22 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:378:37 PM | 22:1410:14 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |