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December 1940 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Śukla to Pauṣa ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 30 December 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:233:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:252:25 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

14:492:49 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:2112:21 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 28 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2112:21 PM
At noon, 12:2112:21 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 17° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 17° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:405:40 AM–06:396:39 AM
  • Abhijit12:0212:02 PM–12:4012:40 PM
  • Vijaya13:551:55 PM–14:332:33 PM
  • Godhūli17:055:05 PM–17:345:34 PM
  • Amṛta kāla20:168:16 PM–21:519:51 PM

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:488:48 AM–09:599:59 AM
  • Varjya10:4910:49 AM–12:2312:23 PM
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1011:10 AM–12:2112:21 PM
  • Durmuhūrta12:4012:40 PM–13:171:17 PM
  • Gulika13:321:32 PM–14:432:43 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:113:11 PM
  • Varjya30:386:38 AM+1–32:168:16 AM+1

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

Amṛta07:377:37 AM–08:488:48 AMgood
Kāla08:488:48 AM–09:599:59 AMavoid
Śubha09:599:59 AM–11:1011:10 AMgood
Roga11:1011:10 AM–12:2112:21 PMavoid
Udvega12:2112:21 PM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Cara13:321:32 PM–14:432:43 PMneutral
Lābha14:432:43 PM–15:543:54 PMgood
Amṛta15:543:54 PM–17:055:05 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:055:05 PM–18:546:54 PMneutral
Roga18:546:54 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid
Kāla20:438:43 PM–22:3210:32 PMavoid
Lābha22:3210:32 PM–24:2112:21 AM+1good
Udvega24:2112:21 AM+1–26:102:10 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:102:10 AM+1–27:593:59 AM+1good
Amṛta27:593:59 AM+1–29:485:48 AM+1good
Cara29:485:48 AM+1–31:377:37 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:377:37 AM sunrise17:055:05 PM sunsetsunrise 31:377:37 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 26:252:25 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 26:352:35 AM+1
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 22:1710:17 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 14:492:49 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:252:25 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:488:48 AM–09:599:59 AM
Abhijit 12:0212:02 PM–12:4012:40 PM
Pradoṣa 17:055:05 PM–19:017:01 PM
Niśītha 23:5711:57 PM–24:4512:45 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:599:59 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4012:40 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 28 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:017:01 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4512:45 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā26:25 02:252:25 AM TueTṛtīyā
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā26:35 02:352:35 AM TueŚravaṇa
YogaVyāghāta22:1710:17 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBālava14:492:49 PMKaulava
VāraSomavāra31:37 07:377:37 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1997
Śaka
1862
Kali
5041
Ahargaṇa
1 841 528
Day length
9 h 28 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
08:198:19 AM
Moonset
18:476:47 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:405:40 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:405:40 AM06:396:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:096:09 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:377:37 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla08:488:48 AM09:599:59 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgava09:309:30 AM11:2411:24 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya10:4910:49 AM12:2312:23 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Yamagaṇḍa11:1011:10 AM12:2112:21 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhna11:5711:57 AM12:4512:45 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit12:0212:02 PM12:4012:40 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta12:4012:40 PM13:171:17 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:171:17 PM15:113:11 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika13:321:32 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijaya13:551:55 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM15:113:11 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:113:11 PM17:055:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:055:05 PM19:017:01 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:055:05 PM17:345:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:055:05 PM18:326:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kāla20:168:16 PM21:519:51 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:5711:57 PM24:4512:45 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya30:386:38 AM+132:168:16 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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