Tuesday 14 April 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 08:488:48 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:0011:00 AM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:564:56 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0011:00 AM
Dvitīyā gives way to Tṛtīyā.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 13 h 29 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
04:564:56 AM to 28:544:54 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 | 11:0011:00 AM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | past sunrise | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 27:39 03:393:39 AM Wed | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:0011:00 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:54 04:544:54 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:323:32 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:323:32 AM | 04:144:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:533:53 AM | 04:564:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:564:56 AM | 07:387:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| 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 |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:198:19 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:558:55 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4111:41 AM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:033:03 PM | 16:444:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:443:44 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:287:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:327:32 PM | 21:189:18 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |