Monday 15 August 2011 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 04:044:04 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:365:36 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:436:43 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:474:47 PM
Taitila gives way to Gara.
Noon
13:141:14 PM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 13 h 01 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
06:436:43 AM to 30:436:43 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 | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 24:18 00:1812:18 AM Tue | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 27:05 03:053:05 AM Tue | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 16:474:47 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:43 06:436:43 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:436:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:155:15 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:375:37 AM | 06:436:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:436:43 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:218:21 AM | 09:589:58 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:141:14 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:401:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:401:40 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:322:32 PM | 17:085:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:512:51 PM | 16:294:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:243:24 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:164:16 PM | 17:085:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:294:29 PM | 18:136:13 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:085:08 PM | 19:447:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:447:44 PM | 21:129:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:447:44 PM | 20:068:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:447:44 PM | 20:508:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 25:381:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |