Monday 20 November 2017 · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 21:459:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0612:06 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:406:40 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5410:54 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0912:09 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 10 h 59 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
06:406:40 AM to 30:406:40 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 | 24:06 00:0612:06 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 27:17 03:173:17 AM Tue | Mūla |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 25:00 01:001:00 AM Tue | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:5410:54 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:40 06:406:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:564:56 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:564:56 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:225:22 AM | 06:406:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:406:40 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:436:43 AM | 08:308:30 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:028:02 AM | 09:249:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:528:52 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4710:47 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:321:32 PM | 14:542:54 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:432:43 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:273:27 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:275:27 PM | 19:147:14 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:237:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4611:46 PM | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |