Monday 11 January 2016 · Tehran, Iran
Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:403:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:002:00 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:157:15 AM
Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:387:38 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
12:1212:12 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 55 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
07:157:15 AM to 31:157:15 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 | 26:00 02:002:00 AM Tue | Tṛtīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Tue | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 07:387:38 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:522:52 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:15 07:157:15 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:225:22 AM | 07:157:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:157:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:157:15 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:298:29 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:149:14 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4710:47 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5810:58 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 14:412:41 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:312:31 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:095:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:095:09 PM | 19:027:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:095:09 PM | 17:385:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:095:09 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:587:58 PM | 21:309:30 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4811:48 PM | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |