Friday 30 August 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Dvitīyā began at 22:2910:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:307:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:574:57 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:568:56 AM
Taitila gives way to Gara.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 26 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
04:574:57 AM to 28:594:59 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 | 19:307:30 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 12:3312:33 PM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 12:3912:39 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:568:56 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:154:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:543:54 AM | 04:574:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:574:57 AM | 07:387:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:205:20 AM | 06:466:46 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:386:38 AM | 08:198:19 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:387:38 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:387:38 AM | 08:328:32 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:023:02 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:423:42 PM | 18:236:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:236:23 PM | 19:487:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:236:23 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:236:23 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:259:25 PM | 22:5410:54 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |