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March 1968 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Saturday 16 March 1968 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:0912:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:159:15 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:296:29 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4310:43 AM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

12:2712:27 PM

The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 57 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2712:27 PM
At noon, 12:2712:27 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 199° ahead of it, in Hasta, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 199° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:524:52 AM–05:415:41 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:165:16 AM–06:296:29 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:2510:25 AM–11:5311:53 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:0312:03 PM–12:5112:51 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:272:27 PM–15:143:14 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:266:26 PM–18:506:50 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:266:26 PM–19:387:38 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:296:29 AM–07:587:58 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:296:29 AM–07:177:17 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:177:17 AM–08:048:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:289:28 AM–10:5810:58 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:571:57 PM–15:263:26 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:0911:09 PM–24:3612:36 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Kāla06:296:29 AM–07:587:58 AMavoid
Śubha07:587:58 AM–09:289:28 AMgood
Roga09:289:28 AM–10:5810:58 AMavoid
Udvega10:5810:58 AM–12:2712:27 PMavoid
Cara12:2712:27 PM–13:571:57 PMneutral
Lābha13:571:57 PM–15:263:26 PMgood
Amṛta15:263:26 PM–16:564:56 PMgood
Kāla16:564:56 PM–18:266:26 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:266:26 PM–19:567:56 PMgood
Udvega19:567:56 PM–21:269:26 PMavoid
Śubha21:269:26 PM–22:5610:56 PMgood
Amṛta22:5610:56 PM–24:2612:26 AM+1good
Cara24:2612:26 AM+1–25:571:57 AM+1neutral
Roga25:571:57 AM+1–27:273:27 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:273:27 AM+1–28:574:57 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:574:57 AM+1–30:276:27 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:296:29 AM to 30:276:27 AM+1

06:296:29 AM sunrise18:266:26 PM sunsetsunrise 30:276:27 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 21:159:15 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 15:533:53 PM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 17:205:20 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 10:4310:43 AM
Garauntil 21:159:15 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:289:28 AM–10:5810:58 AM
Abhijit 12:0312:03 PM–12:5112:51 PM
Pradoṣa 18:266:26 PM–20:028:02 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:5810:58 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:5112:51 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  6. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 57 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:028:02 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5012:50 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā21:159:15 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraHasta15:533:53 PMCitrā
YogaVṛddhi17:205:20 PMDhruva
KaraṇaTaitila10:4310:43 AMGara
VāraŚanivāra30:27 06:276:27 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2024
Śaka
1889
Kali
5068
Ahargaṇa
1 851 466
Day length
11 h 57 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
20:218:21 PM
Moonset
07:127:12 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:524:52 AM06:296:29 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:524:52 AM05:415:41 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:165:16 AM06:296:29 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:296:29 AM08:528:52 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:296:29 AM07:587:58 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:296:29 AM07:177:17 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:177:17 AM08:048:04 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:528:52 AM11:1611:16 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:289:28 AM10:5810:58 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:2510:25 AM11:5311:53 AMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0312:03 PM12:5112:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0312:03 PM12:5112:51 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:391:39 PM16:024:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:571:57 PM15:263:26 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:272:27 PM15:143:14 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:024:02 PM18:266:26 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:266:26 PM20:028:02 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:266:26 PM18:506:50 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:266:26 PM19:387:38 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:0911:09 PM24:3612:36 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0212:02 AM+124:5012:50 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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