Thursday 30 October 2008 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:493:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:475:47 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:415:41 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:307:30 AM
Āyuṣmān gives way to Saubhāgya.
Noon
11:1811:18 AM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 11 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
05:415:41 AM to 29:415:41 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 | past sunrise | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 20:208:20 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 07:307:30 AM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 16:454:45 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:593:59 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:593:59 AM | 04:504:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:244:24 AM | 05:415:41 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:415:41 AM | 07:557:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:415:41 AM | 07:057:05 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:557:55 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:298:29 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:259:25 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4110:41 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5310:53 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4212:42 PM | 14:062:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:101:10 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:541:54 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:392:39 PM | 16:544:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:544:54 PM | 18:366:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:544:54 PM | 17:205:20 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:544:54 PM | 18:116:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 26:342:34 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |