Friday 17 August 1962 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:5112:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:259:25 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:404:40 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0811:08 AM
Taitila gives way to Gara.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 14 h 08 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
04:404:40 AM to 28:414:41+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā | 21:259:25 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 13:411:41 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 12:5512:55 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:0811:08 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:41 04:414:41 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:213:21 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:213:21 AM | 04:004:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:413:41 AM | 04:404:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:404:40 AM | 07:297:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:266:26 AM | 08:128:12 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:167:16 AM | 08:418:41 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:297:29 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:297:29 AM | 08:268:26 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:589:58 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:163:16 PM | 17:025:02 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:583:58 PM | 18:486:48 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:486:48 PM | 20:078:07 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:486:48 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:486:48 PM | 19:477:47 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:237:23 PM | 20:498:49 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:563:56+1 AM | 29:225:22+1 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |