Saturday 21 August 1948 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 04:574:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:247:24 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:455:45 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5811:58 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
12:4312:43 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 55 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
05:455:45 AM to 29:475:47 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 | past sunrise | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 11:5811:58 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 27:56 03:563:56 AM Sun | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 18:106:10 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:455:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:455:45 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:455:45 AM | 07:307:30 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:455:45 AM | 06:416:41 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:416:41 AM | 07:377:37 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:149:14 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:062:06 PM | 16:534:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:272:27 PM | 16:114:11 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:023:02 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:534:53 PM | 19:407:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:107:10 PM | 20:588:58 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:407:40 PM | 21:019:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:407:40 PM | 20:008:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:407:40 PM | 20:418:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1912:19 AM+1 | 25:071:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |