Thursday 8 July 1948 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Dvitīyā began at 02:502:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:2311:23 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:554:55 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:071:07 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:4512:45 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 15 h 39 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
04:554:55 AM to 28:564:56 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 | 23:2311:23 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 22:3510:35 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 17:525:52 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:071:07 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:56 04:564:56 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:483:48 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:483:48 AM | 04:224:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:054:05 AM | 04:554:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:554:55 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:554:55 AM | 06:536:53 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:208:20 AM | 09:469:46 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:508:50 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0810:08 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1312:13 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 |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:192:19 PM | 17:265:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:422:42 PM | 16:394:39 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:213:21 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:244:24 PM | 17:265:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:534:53 PM | 18:196:19 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:265:26 PM | 20:348:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:348:34 PM | 21:419:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:348:34 PM | 20:518:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:348:34 PM | 21:249:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 25:091:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |