Wednesday 15 July 1942 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:0411:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:4912:49 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:015:01 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2611:26 AM
Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.
Noon
12:4612:46 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 h 29 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
05:015:01 AM to 29:025:02 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 | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Thu | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 11:2611:26 AM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 19:307:30 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:5911:59 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:02 05:025:02 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:533:53 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:533:53 AM | 04:274:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:104:10 AM | 05:015:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:015:01 AM | 08:078:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:576:57 AM | 08:538:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:078:07 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4910:49 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2112:21 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4512:45 PM | 14:422:42 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:182:18 PM | 17:245:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:203:20 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:245:24 PM | 20:308:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:308:30 PM | 21:389:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:308:30 PM | 20:478:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:308:30 PM | 21:219:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22 AM+1 | 25:101:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:241:24 AM+1 | 27:093:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |