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July 1996 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseAdhika Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa to Āṣāḍha KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Wednesday 31 July 1996 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 02:412:41 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:0211:02 PM.

Observed here on this day

Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)

Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:475:47 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:4912:49 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:5911:59 AM

The Sun 79° above N. Day length 12 h 24 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5911:59 AM
At noon, 11:5911:59 AM, the Sun is in Puṣya and the Moon 197° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 197° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:144:14 AM–05:005:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:374:37 AM–05:475:47 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:379:37 AM–11:0211:02 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:032:03 PM–14:532:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:116:11 PM–18:346:34 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:116:11 PM–19:217:21 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:207:20 AM–08:538:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2610:26 AM–11:5911:59 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3411:34 AM–12:2412:24 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5911:59 AM–13:321:32 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya25:131:13+1 AM–26:392:39+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Lābha05:475:47 AM–07:207:20 AMgood
Amṛta07:207:20 AM–08:538:53 AMgood
Kāla08:538:53 AM–10:2610:26 AMavoid
Śubha10:2610:26 AM–11:5911:59 AMgood
Roga11:5911:59 AM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Udvega13:321:32 PM–15:053:05 PMavoid
Cara15:053:05 PM–16:384:38 PMneutral
Lābha16:384:38 PM–18:116:11 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:116:11 PM–19:387:38 PMavoid
Śubha19:387:38 PM–21:059:05 PMgood
Amṛta21:059:05 PM–22:3210:32 PMgood
Cara22:3210:32 PM–23:5911:59 PMneutral
Roga23:5911:59 PM–25:261:26+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:261:26+1 AM–26:532:53+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:532:53+1 AM–28:204:20+1 AMgood
Udvega28:204:20+1 AM–29:475:47+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:475:47 AM to 29:475:47+1 AM

05:475:47 AM sunrise18:116:11 PM sunsetsunrise 29:475:47+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 23:0211:02 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 18:466:46 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 21:019:01 PM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 12:4912:49 PM
Garauntil 23:0211:02 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5911:59 AM–13:321:32 PM
Pradoṣa 18:116:11 PM–19:447:44 PM
Niśītha 23:3511:35 PM–24:2312:23+1 AM

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.

  1. SunriseDvitīyā holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:321:32 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 12 h 24 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:447:44 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  7. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2312:23+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā23:0211:02 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā18:466:46 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaSaubhāgya21:019:01 PMŚobhana
KaraṇaTaitila12:4912:49 PMGara
VāraBudhavāra29:47 05:475:47 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Āṣāḍha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Śrāvaṇa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 830
Day length
12 h 24 m
Sun in
Karka
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
19:267:26 PM
Moonset
06:446:44 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:144:14 AM05:475:47 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:144:14 AM05:005:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:374:37 AM05:475:47 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:475:47 AM08:168:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:207:20 AM08:538:53 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:168:16 AM10:4410:44 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:379:37 AM11:0211:02 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2610:26 AM11:5911:59 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3511:35 AM12:2312:23 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5911:59 AM13:321:32 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:131:13 PM15:423:42 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:032:03 PM14:532:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:423:42 PM18:116:11 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:116:11 PM19:447:44 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:116:11 PM18:346:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:116:11 PM19:217:21 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3511:35 PM24:2312:23+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:131:13+1 AM26:392:39+1 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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