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Wednesday 15 January 2025 · Bucharest, Romania

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:5211:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:5411:54 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:4811:48 AM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

12:2512:25 PM

The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 13 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:2512:25 PM
At noon, 12:2512:25 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 198° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 198° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:505:50 AM–06:496:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:206:20 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:571:57 PM–14:342:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:025:02 PM–17:315:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:025:02 PM–18:306:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:076:07 AM+1–31:477:47 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:588:58 AM–10:0710:07 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:1611:16 AM–12:2512:25 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–12:4412:44 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:2512:25 PM–13:341:34 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:128:12 PM–21:519:51 PMa 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

Lābha07:497:49 AM–08:588:58 AMgood
Amṛta08:588:58 AM–10:0710:07 AMgood
Kāla10:0710:07 AM–11:1611:16 AMavoid
Śubha11:1611:16 AM–12:2512:25 PMgood
Roga12:2512:25 PM–13:341:34 PMavoid
Udvega13:341:34 PM–14:432:43 PMavoid
Cara14:432:43 PM–15:533:53 PMneutral
Lābha15:533:53 PM–17:025:02 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:025:02 PM–18:536:53 PMavoid
Śubha18:536:53 PM–20:438:43 PMgood
Amṛta20:438:43 PM–22:3410:34 PMgood
Cara22:3410:34 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1neutral
Roga24:2512:25 AM+1–26:162:16 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:162:16 AM+1–28:074:07 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:074:07 AM+1–29:575:57 AM+1good
Udvega29:575:57 AM+1–31:487:48 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:487:48 AM+1

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:025:02 PM sunsetsunrise 31:487:48 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 23:5411:54 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāuntil 31:477:47 AM+1
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 22:1610:16 PM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 11:4811:48 AM
Garauntil 23:5411:54 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:2512:25 PM–13:341:34 PM
Pradoṣa 17:025:02 PM–19:007:00 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:341:34 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 13 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:007:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  7. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  8. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. MaghāNakṣatra: Āśleṣā ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā23:5411:54 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraĀśleṣā31:47 07:477:47 AM ThuMaghā
YogaPrīti22:1610:16 PMĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaTaitila11:4811:48 AMGara
VāraBudhavāra31:48 07:487:48 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 225
Day length
9 h 13 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
18:416:41 PM
Moonset
09:029:02 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:505:50 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:505:50 AM06:496:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:206:20 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:497:49 AM09:399:39 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:0710:07 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:399:39 AM11:3011:30 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:1611:16 AM12:2512:25 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0112:01 PM12:4912:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0712:07 PM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:2512:25 PM13:341:34 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:211:21 PM15:113:11 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:571:57 PM14:342:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:113:11 PM17:025:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:025:02 PM19:007:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:025:02 PM17:315:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:025:02 PM18:306:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:128:12 PM21:519:51 PMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01 AM+124:4912:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:076:07 AM+131:477:47 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
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