Saturday 28 October 2000 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:433:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:044:04+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5512:55 PM
Āyuṣmān gives way to Saubhāgya.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 11 h 53 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Dvitīyā | 28:04 04:044:04 AM Sun | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 22:2310:23 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 12:5512:55 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 15:483:48 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:405:40 AM | 07:097:09 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:405:40 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:276:27 AM | 07:157:15 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:388:38 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4812:48 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:061:06 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:171:17 PM | 14:562:56 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:103:10 PM | 17:335:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:335:33 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:335:33 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:335:33 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:372:37+1 AM | 28:194:19+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |