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Saturday 20 January 1973 · Beijing, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 02:582:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5512:55 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

13:521:52 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

12:2512:25 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBeijing12:2512:25 PM
At noon, 12:2512:25 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 197° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 197° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:385:38 AM–06:356:35 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:076:07 AM–07:327:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0612:06 PM–12:4512:45 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:032:03 PM–14:422:42 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:195:19 PM–17:475:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:195:19 PM–18:446:44 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:399:39 PM–23:0911:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:327:32 AM–08:468:46 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:327:32 AM–08:128:12 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:128:12 AM–08:518:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:599:59 AM–11:1211:12 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:3712:37 PM–14:072:07 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:391:39 PM–14:522:52 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla07:327:32 AM–08:468:46 AMavoid
Śubha08:468:46 AM–09:599:59 AMgood
Roga09:599:59 AM–11:1211:12 AMavoid
Udvega11:1211:12 AM–12:2612:26 PMavoid
Cara12:2612:26 PM–13:391:39 PMneutral
Lābha13:391:39 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Amṛta14:522:52 PM–16:054:05 PMgood
Kāla16:054:05 PM–17:195:19 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:195:19 PM–19:057:05 PMgood
Udvega19:057:05 PM–20:528:52 PMavoid
Śubha20:528:52 PM–22:3910:39 PMgood
Amṛta22:3910:39 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1good
Cara24:2512:25 AM+1–26:122:12 AM+1neutral
Roga26:122:12 AM+1–27:593:59 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:593:59 AM+1–29:455:45 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:455:45 AM+1–31:327:32 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:327:32 AM sunrise17:195:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:327:32 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 24:5512:55 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāuntil 23:0911:09 PM
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 28:024:02 AM+1
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 13:521:52 PM
Garauntil 24:5512:55 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:599:59 AM–11:1211:12 AM
Abhijit 12:0612:06 PM–12:4512:45 PM
Pradoṣa 17:195:19 PM–19:127:12 PM
Niśītha 24:0112:01 AM+1–24:4912:49 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 11:1211:12 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4512:45 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 46 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:127:12 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. MaghāNakṣatra: Āśleṣā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā24:55 00:5512:55 AM SunTṛtīyā
NakṣatraĀśleṣā23:0911:09 PMMaghā
YogaĀyuṣmān28:02 04:024:02 AM SunSaubhāgya
KaraṇaTaitila13:521:52 PMGara
VāraŚanivāra31:32 07:327:32 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2029
Śaka
1894
Kali
5073
Ahargaṇa
1 853 237
Day length
9 h 46 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
19:097:09 PM
Moonset
08:098:09 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:385:38 AM07:327:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:385:38 AM06:356:35 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:076:07 AM07:327:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:327:32 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:327:32 AM08:468:46 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:327:32 AM08:128:12 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:128:12 AM08:518:51 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:309:30 AM11:2711:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:599:59 AM11:1211:12 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0212:02 PM12:5012:50 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0612:06 PM12:4512:45 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:3712:37 PM14:072:07 PMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:241:24 PM15:213:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:391:39 PM14:522:52 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:032:03 PM14:422:42 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:213:21 PM17:195:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:195:19 PM19:127:12 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:195:19 PM17:475:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:195:19 PM18:446:44 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:399:39 PM23:0911:09 PMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01 AM+124:4912:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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