Monday 15 August 2011 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:0411:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:3612:36 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:075:07 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:4711:47 AM
Taitila gives way to Gara.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 13 h 02 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
05:075:07 AM to 29:085:08 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 | 24:36 00:3612:36 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 19:187:18 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 22:0510:05 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:4711:47 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:08 05:085:08 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:403:40 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:403:40 AM | 04:244:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:024:02 AM | 05:075:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:075:07 AM | 07:447:44 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:456:45 AM | 08:238:23 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:447:44 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2911:29 AM | 13:131:13 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:161:16 PM | 14:542:54 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:412:41 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 18:096:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:096:09 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:096:09 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:096:09 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:212:21 AM+1 | 28:074:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |