Monday 18 August 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 17:155:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:454:45 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:454:45 PM
Dvitīyā gives way to Tṛtīyā.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 84° above N. Day length 12 h 19 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:475:47+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 | Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā | 16:454:45 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 29:23 05:235:23 AM Tue | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 24:45 00:4512:45 AM Tue | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:454:45 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:528:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4811:48 AM | 13:241:24 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2112:21 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:291:29 PM | 15:013:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:492:49 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:383:38 PM | 18:066:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:066:06 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:066:06 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:066:06 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:239:23 PM | 22:5910:59 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |