Monday 15 January 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 17:385:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:188:18 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Pongal. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:217:21 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
20:188:18 PM
Dvitīyā gives way to Tṛtīyā.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 57 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
07:217:21 AM to 31:207:20+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 | 20:188:18 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 30:05 06:056:05 AM Tue | Maghā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 20:508:50 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 20:188:18 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:217:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:217:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:217:21 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 09:359:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4210:42 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:4312:43 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5612:56 PM | 14:042:04 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:191:19 PM | 13:551:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:551:55 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:302:30 PM | 16:184:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:184:18 PM | 18:186:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:184:18 PM | 16:484:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:184:18 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:265:26 PM | 19:147:14 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:164:16+1 AM | 30:056:05+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |