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Tuesday 18 December 2085 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 04:524:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:442:44 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:327:32 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:503:50 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:1512:15 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1512:15 PM
At noon, 12:1512:15 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 16° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 16° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:355:35 AM–06:346:34 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:046:04 AM–07:327:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5611:56 AM–12:3412:34 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:491:49 PM–14:272:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:584:58 PM–17:275:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:584:58 PM–18:266:26 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:3210:32 PM–24:0212:02 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:259:25 AM–10:0310:03 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:539:53 AM–11:0411:04 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1512:15 PM–13:261:26 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:301:30 PM–15:013:01 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:372:37 PM–15:473:47 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4810:48 PM–23:4611:46 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

Roga07:327:32 AM–08:438:43 AMavoid
Udvega08:438:43 AM–09:539:53 AMavoid
Cara09:539:53 AM–11:0411:04 AMneutral
Lābha11:0411:04 AM–12:1512:15 PMgood
Amṛta12:1512:15 PM–13:261:26 PMgood
Kāla13:261:26 PM–14:372:37 PMavoid
Śubha14:372:37 PM–15:473:47 PMgood
Roga15:473:47 PM–16:584:58 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:584:58 PM–18:476:47 PMavoid
Lābha18:476:47 PM–20:378:37 PMgood
Udvega20:378:37 PM–22:2610:26 PMavoid
Śubha22:2610:26 PM–24:1512:15 AM+1good
Amṛta24:1512:15 AM+1–26:052:05 AM+1good
Cara26:052:05 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1neutral
Roga27:543:54 AM+1–29:435:43 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:435:43 AM+1–31:327:32 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:327:32 AM to 31:327:32 AM+1

07:327:32 AM sunrise16:584:58 PM sunsetsunrise 31:327:32 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 26:442:44 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 27:023:02 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 23:0711:07 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:503:50 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:442:44 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5611:56 AM–12:3412:34 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:372:37 PM–15:473:47 PM
Pradoṣa 16:584:58 PM–18:556:55 PM
Niśītha 23:5111:51 PM–24:3912:39 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:3412:34 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:473:47 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:556:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3912:39 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā26:44 02:442:44 AM WedTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā27:02 03:023:02 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi23:0711:07 PMDhruva
KaraṇaBālava15:503:50 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:32 07:327:32 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2142
Śaka
2007
Kali
5186
Ahargaṇa
1 894 477
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
08:328:32 AM
Moonset
18:266:26 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:355:35 AM07:327:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:355:35 AM06:346:34 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:046:04 AM07:327:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:327:32 AM09:259:25 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:259:25 AM11:1811:18 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:259:25 AM10:0310:03 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:539:53 AM11:0411:04 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5111:51 AM12:3912:39 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5611:56 AM12:3412:34 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1512:15 PM13:261:26 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:053:05 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:301:30 PM15:013:01 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:491:49 PM14:272:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:372:37 PM15:473:47 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:053:05 PM16:584:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:584:58 PM18:556:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:584:58 PM17:275:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:584:58 PM18:266:26 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:3210:32 PM24:0212:02 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4810:48 PM23:4611:46 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5111:51 PM24:3912:39 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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