Monday 15 August 2011 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 04:044:04 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:365:36 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:374:37 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:474:47 PM
Taitila gives way to Gara.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 14 h 13 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
04:374:37 AM to 28:394:39 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 | past sunrise | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 24:18 00:1812:18 AM Tue | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 27:05 03:053:05 AM Tue | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 16:474:47 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:39 04:394:39 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:193:19 AM | 04:374:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:193:19 AM | 03:583:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:393:39 AM | 04:374:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:374:37 AM | 07:287:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:036:03 AM | 07:487:48 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:246:24 AM | 08:118:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:287:28 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 15:183:18 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:062:06 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:033:03 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:004:00 PM | 18:516:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:294:29 PM | 18:136:13 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:516:51 PM | 20:098:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:516:51 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:516:51 PM | 19:507:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |