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Wednesday 25 December 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:4511:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 26:132:13 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:357:35 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:5610:56 AM

Pūrvāṣāḍhā gives way to Uttarāṣāḍhā.

Noon

12:1812:18 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1812:18 PM
At noon, 12:1812:18 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 18° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 2% 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 muhūrta05:385:38 AM–06:376:37 AM
  • Vijaya13:521:52 PM–14:302:30 PM
  • Godhūli17:015:01 PM–17:305:30 PM
  • Amṛta kāla30:356:35 AM+1–32:228:22 AM+1

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:468:46 AM–09:569:56 AM
  • Gulika11:0711:07 AM–12:1812:18 PM
  • Durmuhūrta11:5911:59 AM–12:3712:37 PM
  • Rāhu kāla12:1812:18 PM–13:291:29 PM
  • Varjya19:527:52 PM–21:399:39 PM

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

Lābha07:357:35 AM–08:468:46 AMgood
Amṛta08:468:46 AM–09:569:56 AMgood
Kāla09:569:56 AM–11:0711:07 AMavoid
Śubha11:0711:07 AM–12:1812:18 PMgood
Roga12:1812:18 PM–13:291:29 PMavoid
Udvega13:291:29 PM–14:392:39 PMavoid
Cara14:392:39 PM–15:503:50 PMneutral
Lābha15:503:50 PM–17:015:01 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:015:01 PM–18:506:50 PMavoid
Śubha18:506:50 PM–20:408:40 PMgood
Amṛta20:408:40 PM–22:2910:29 PMgood
Cara22:2910:29 PM–24:1812:18 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1812:18 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:072:07 AM+1–27:573:57 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:573:57 AM+1–29:465:46 AM+1good
Udvega29:465:46 AM+1–31:357:35 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:357:35 AM to 31:357:35 AM+1

07:357:35 AM sunrise17:015:01 PM sunsetsunrise 31:357:35 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 26:132:13 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 10:5610:56 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 17:515:51 PM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:011:01 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:132:13 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1812:18 PM–13:291:29 PM
Pradoṣa 17:015:01 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:5411:54 PM–24:4212:42 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:291:29 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4212:42 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā26:13 02:132:13 AM ThuTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā10:5610:56 AMUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaDhruva17:515:51 PMVyāghāta
KaraṇaBālava13:011:01 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:35 07:357:35 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2003
Śaka
1868
Kali
5047
Ahargaṇa
1 843 714
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
09:029:02 AM
Moonset
18:196:19 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:385:38 AM07:357:35 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:385:38 AM06:376:37 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:076:07 AM07:357:35 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:357:35 AM09:289:28 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa08:468:46 AM09:569:56 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgava09:289:28 AM11:2111:21 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika11:0711:07 AM12:1812:18 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhna11:5411:54 AM12:4212:42 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrta11:5911:59 AM12:3712:37 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla12:1812:18 PM13:291:29 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇa13:151:15 PM15:083:08 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya13:521:52 PM14:302:30 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:083:08 PM17:015:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:015:01 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:015:01 PM17:305:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:015:01 PM18:286:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya19:527:52 PM21:399:39 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:5411:54 PM24:4212:42 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla30:356:35 AM+132:228:22 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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