Friday 19 August 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:303:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:151:15 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
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
07:467:46 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 84° above N. Day length 12 h 18 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 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 | 25:15 01:151:15 AM Sat | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 12:3412:34 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 07:467:46 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 14:252:25 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
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 |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:518:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:158:15 AM | 09:049:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 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 |
| 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 |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:334:33 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:383:38 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:056:05 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:056:05 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:056:05 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:336:33 PM | 20:028:02 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:313:31 AM+1 | 29:015:01 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |