Wednesday 16 July 1969 · Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:3412:34 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:482:48 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
03:593:59 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5110:51 AM
Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 15 h 21 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
03:593:59 AM to 28:004:00 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 | Śukla Dvitīyā | 26:48 02:482:48 AM Thu | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 10:5110:51 AM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 17:085:08 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:421:42 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 28:00 04:004:00 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:502:50 AM | 03:593:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:502:50 AM | 03:243:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:073:07 AM | 03:593:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:593:59 AM | 07:037:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:545:54 AM | 07:497:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:037:03 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:449:44 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:341:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:122:12 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:154:15 PM | 19:197:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:197:19 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:197:19 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:197:19 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:071:07 AM+1 | 26:542:54 AM+1 | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |