Tuesday 18 August 1970 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 02:292:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:5010:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:295:29 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5410:54 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:5711:57 AM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 12 h 56 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:295:29 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 | 22:5010:50 PM | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 13:181:18 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 10:5410:54 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:3812:38 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:004:00 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:004:00 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:224:22 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:586:58 AM | 08:228:22 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:048:04 AM | 08:568:56 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:438:43 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5711:57 AM | 13:341:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:141:14 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:062:06 PM | 14:582:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:113:11 PM | 16:484:48 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 19:547:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:476:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:317:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:596:59 PM | 20:258:25 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5110:51 PM | 23:3511:35 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:313:31 AM+1 | 28:574:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |