Monday 29 December 2008 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:0011:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:311:31+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:247:24 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1712:17 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 36 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
07:247:24 AM to 31:247:24+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 | Śukla Dvitīyā | 25:31 01:311:31 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 28:44 04:444:44 AM Tue | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 26:30 02:302:30 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:1712:17 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 07:247:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:236:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:247:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:247:24 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:298:29 AM | 09:339:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3810:38 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:172:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:511:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:081:08 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:421:42 PM | 14:172:17 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:172:17 PM | 16:004:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:004:00 PM | 18:036:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:004:00 PM | 16:314:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:004:00 PM | 17:325:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:339:33 PM | 23:2111:21 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |