Wednesday 24 June 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:5211:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:148:14 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:594:59 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0210:02 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:2912:29 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 15 h 01 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
04:594:59 AM to 28:594:59 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 | 20:148:14 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 20:348:34 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 16:514:51 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:0210:02 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:473:47 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:473:47 AM | 04:234:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:054:05 AM | 04:594:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:594:59 AM | 07:597:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:516:51 AM | 08:448:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:597:59 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:589:58 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:222:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:591:59 PM | 16:594:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:592:59 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:594:59 PM | 20:008:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:276:27 PM | 19:517:51 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:008:00 PM | 21:129:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:008:00 PM | 20:188:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:008:00 PM | 20:548:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:423:42 AM+1 | 29:085:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |