Monday 9 April 2001 · Tehran, Iran
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 05:395:39 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:004:00 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
11:5511:55 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
13:061:06 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 12 h 52 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 30:396:39 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 | 28:00 04:004:00 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 27:29 03:293:29 AM Tue | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 11:5511:55 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 16:454:45 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:39 06:396:39 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:335:33 AM | 06:406:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:406:40 AM | 09:159:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:178:17 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:159:15 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:499:49 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 13:061:06 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:321:32 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:232:23 PM | 16:584:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 16:194:19 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:153:15 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:064:06 PM | 16:584:58 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:584:58 PM | 19:327:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:027:02 PM | 20:348:34 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:327:32 PM | 21:019:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:327:32 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:327:32 PM | 20:398:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 25:291:29 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |