Tuesday 18 July 2000 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:2312:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:382:38 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:054:05 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:321:32 PM
Taitila gives way to Gara.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 15 h 22 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
04:054:05 AM to 28:064:06 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 | 26:38 02:382:38 AM Wed | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 20:108:10 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 22:0510:05 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 13:321:32 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:06 04:064:06 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:562:56 AM | 04:054:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:562:56 AM | 03:303:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:133:13 AM | 04:054:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:054:05 AM | 07:097:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:097:09 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:097:09 AM | 08:118:11 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:557:55 AM | 09:519:51 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:308:30 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:411:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:181:18 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:363:36 PM | 17:325:32 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:224:22 PM | 19:277:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:277:27 PM | 20:368:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:277:27 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:277:27 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:2911:29 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 26:222:22 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |