Friday 18 December 2009 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Dvitīyā began at 21:559:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:1212:12 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:207:20 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0111:01 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 34 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
07:207:20 AM to 31:207:20 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 | Śukla Dvitīyā | 24:12 00:1212:12 AM Sat | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 23:4611:46 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 18:286:28 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:0111:01 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:165:16 AM | 07:207:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:475:47 AM | 07:207:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:207:20 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:457:45 AM | 09:329:32 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:289:28 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:029:02 AM | 09:379:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3210:32 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:021:02 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:451:45 PM | 14:492:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:112:11 PM | 15:533:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:533:53 PM | 17:575:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:533:53 PM | 16:244:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:533:53 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:266:26 PM | 20:138:13 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |