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Monday 20 November 2017 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 21:459:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0612:06 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:067:06 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:5410:54 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:0412:04 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:0412:04 PM
At noon, 12:0412:04 PM, the Sun is in Anurādhā and the Moon 19° ahead of it, in Jyeṣṭhā, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 19° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:145:14 AM–06:106:10 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:425:42 AM–07:067:06 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4411:44 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:431:43 PM–14:222:22 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:015:01 PM–17:295:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:015:01 PM–18:266:26 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:275:27 PM–19:147:14 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:218:21 AM–09:359:35 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4910:49 AM–12:0412:04 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2312:23 PM–13:031:03 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:181:18 PM–14:322:32 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:222:22 PM–15:023:02 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

Amṛta07:067:06 AM–08:218:21 AMgood
Kāla08:218:21 AM–09:359:35 AMavoid
Śubha09:359:35 AM–10:4910:49 AMgood
Roga10:4910:49 AM–12:0412:04 PMavoid
Udvega12:0412:04 PM–13:181:18 PMavoid
Cara13:181:18 PM–14:322:32 PMneutral
Lābha14:322:32 PM–15:473:47 PMgood
Amṛta15:473:47 PM–17:015:01 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:015:01 PM–18:476:47 PMneutral
Roga18:476:47 PM–20:338:33 PMavoid
Kāla20:338:33 PM–22:1810:18 PMavoid
Lābha22:1810:18 PM–24:0412:04 AM+1good
Udvega24:0412:04 AM+1–25:501:50 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:501:50 AM+1–27:363:36 AM+1good
Amṛta27:363:36 AM+1–29:225:22 AM+1good
Cara29:225:22 AM+1–31:077:07 AM+1neutral

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Sunrise to sunrise

07:067:06 AM to 31:077:07 AM+1

07:067:06 AM sunrise17:015:01 PM sunsetsunrise 31:077:07 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 24:0612:06 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Jyeṣṭhāuntil 27:173:17 AM+1
Mūlapast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 25:001:00 AM+1
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:5410:54 AM
Kaulavauntil 24:0612:06 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:218:21 AM–09:359:35 AM
Abhijit 11:4411:44 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Pradoṣa 17:015:01 PM–18:546:54 PM
Niśītha 23:4011:40 PM–24:2812:28 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 09:359:35 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 55 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:546:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  11. MūlaNakṣatra: Jyeṣṭhā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā24:06 00:0612:06 AM TueTṛtīyā
NakṣatraJyeṣṭhā27:17 03:173:17 AM TueMūla
YogaSukarmā25:00 01:001:00 AM TueDhṛti
KaraṇaBālava10:5410:54 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra31:07 07:077:07 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 612
Day length
9 h 55 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
08:208:20 AM
Moonset
18:316:31 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:145:14 AM07:067:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:145:14 AM06:106:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:425:42 AM07:067:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:067:06 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:218:21 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM11:0411:04 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4910:49 AM12:0412:04 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4011:40 AM12:2812:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4411:44 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2312:23 PM13:031:03 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:031:03 PM15:023:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:181:18 PM14:322:32 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:431:43 PM14:222:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:222:22 PM15:023:02 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:023:02 PM17:015:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:015:01 PM18:546:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:015:01 PM17:295:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:015:01 PM18:266:26 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:275:27 PM19:147:14 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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