Monday 14 January 1918 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:543:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5712:57 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:577:57 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:272:27 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:181:18 PM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 43 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
07:577:57 AM to 31:577:57 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 | 24:57 00:5712:57 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 22:1210:12 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 15:443:44 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:272:27 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:57 07:577:57 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:106:10 AM | 07:577:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:106:10 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:376:37 AM | 07:577:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:577:57 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:179:17 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0510:05 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5811:58 AM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4512:45 PM | 14:122:12 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:401:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:401:40 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:222:22 PM | 16:314:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:392:39 PM | 15:593:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:053:05 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:483:48 PM | 16:314:31 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:314:31 PM | 18:406:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:406:40 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:406:40 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:406:40 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5412:54 AM+1 | 25:421:42 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:491:49 AM+1 | 27:163:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |