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Thursday 11 January 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Guruvāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:0611:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:4712:47 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:377:37 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5311:53 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:2612:26 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 37 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2612:26 PM
At noon, 12:2612:26 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 18° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 18° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM–06:406:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:116:11 AM–07:377:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0712:07 PM–12:4512:45 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:022:02 PM–14:412:41 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:145:14 PM–17:435:43 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:145:14 PM–18:416:41 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:265:26 PM–19:117:11 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:0110:01 AM–11:1411:14 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:5010:50 AM–11:2811:28 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:381:38 PM–14:502:50 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:412:41 PM–15:193:19 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Śubha07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMgood
Roga08:498:49 AM–10:0110:01 AMavoid
Udvega10:0110:01 AM–11:1411:14 AMavoid
Cara11:1411:14 AM–12:2612:26 PMneutral
Lābha12:2612:26 PM–13:381:38 PMgood
Amṛta13:381:38 PM–14:502:50 PMgood
Kāla14:502:50 PM–16:024:02 PMavoid
Śubha16:024:02 PM–17:145:14 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:145:14 PM–19:027:02 PMgood
Cara19:027:02 PM–20:508:50 PMneutral
Roga20:508:50 PM–22:3810:38 PMavoid
Kāla22:3810:38 PM–24:2612:26 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:2612:26 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1good
Udvega26:142:14 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1avoid
Śubha28:014:01 AM+1–29:495:49 AM+1good
Amṛta29:495:49 AM+1–31:377:37 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:377:37 AM to 31:377:37 AM+1

07:377:37 AM sunrise17:145:14 PM sunsetsunrise 31:377:37 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 24:4712:47 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 28:484:48 AM+1
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 27:193:19 AM+1
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 11:5311:53 AM
Kaulavauntil 24:4712:47 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0712:07 PM–12:4512:45 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:381:38 PM–14:502:50 PM
Pradoṣa 17:145:14 PM–19:097:09 PM
Niśītha 24:0212:02 AM+1–24:5012:50 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.

  1. SunriseDvitīyā holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4512:45 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:502:50 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 37 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:097:09 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:5012:50 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  11. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā24:47 00:4712:47 AM FriTṛtīyā
NakṣatraŚravaṇa28:48 04:484:48 AM FriDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVajra27:19 03:193:19 AM FriSiddhi
KaraṇaBālava11:5311:53 AMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra31:37 07:377:37 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1996
Śaka
1861
Kali
5040
Ahargaṇa
1 841 174
Day length
9 h 37 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
08:188:18 AM
Moonset
19:057:05 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:425:42 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:425:42 AM06:406:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:116:11 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:377:37 AM09:339:33 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:377:37 AM08:498:49 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:339:33 AM11:2811:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:0110:01 AM11:1411:14 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:5010:50 AM11:2811:28 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0212:02 PM12:5012:50 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0712:07 PM12:4512:45 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:241:24 PM15:193:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:381:38 PM14:502:50 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:022:02 PM14:412:41 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:412:41 PM15:193:19 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:193:19 PM17:145:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:145:14 PM19:097:09 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:145:14 PM17:435:43 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:145:14 PM18:416:41 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:265:26 PM19:117:11 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0212:02 AM+124:5012:50 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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