Monday 16 December 1940 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:583:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:523:52 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:173:17 PM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 13 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:476:47 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 | 27:52 03:523:52 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 17:265:26 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Śukla | 15:173:17 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 15:583:58 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:47 06:476:47 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:564:56 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:564:56 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:245:24 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:476:47 AM | 08:498:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:097:09 AM | 08:488:48 AM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:038:03 AM | 09:209:20 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:498:49 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:101:10 PM | 14:262:26 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:162:16 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:572:57 PM | 17:005:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:005:00 PM | 18:506:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:005:00 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:005:00 PM | 18:226:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3011:30 PM | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:345:34 AM+1 | 31:127:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |