Sunday 4 November 1956 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:2412:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4012:40 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:596:59 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:389:38 AM
Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 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
06:596:59 AM to 31:007:00 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 | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Mon | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | past sunrise | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 09:389:38 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:2712:27 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:00 07:007:00 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:105:10 AM | 06:596:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:105:10 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 06:596:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:596:59 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4610:46 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:281:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:462:46 PM | 16:034:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:173:17 PM | 17:215:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:583:58 PM | 16:404:40 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:034:03 PM | 17:215:21 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:215:21 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:215:21 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:215:21 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:468:46 PM | 22:2710:27 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |