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Saturday 16 January 1960 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 09:339:33 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:5610:56 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

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

At sunrise

07:217:21 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:409:40 AM

Prīti gives way to Āyuṣmān.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 58 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 204° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 96% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 204° falls in Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:217:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3211:32 AM–12:0812:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:191:19 PM–13:551:55 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:194:19 PM–16:494:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:194:19 PM–17:495:49 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:315:31 PM–19:147:14 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:217:21 AM–08:288:28 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:217:21 AM–07:577:57 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:577:57 AM–08:328:32 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 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

Kāla07:217:21 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Śubha08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Roga09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Udvega10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMavoid
Cara11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PMneutral
Lābha12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PMgood
Amṛta14:042:04 PM–15:113:11 PMgood
Kāla15:113:11 PM–16:194:19 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:194:19 PM–18:116:11 PMgood
Udvega18:116:11 PM–20:048:04 PMavoid
Śubha20:048:04 PM–21:579:57 PMgood
Amṛta21:579:57 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Cara23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1neutral
Roga25:421:42 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:353:35 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:275:27 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:217:21 AM to 31:207:20 AM+1

07:217:21 AM sunrise16:194:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 10:5610:56 AM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāuntil 19:147:14 PM
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 09:409:40 AM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 10:5610:56 AM
Vaṇijauntil 23:2911:29 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AM
Abhijit 11:3211:32 AM–12:0812:08 PM
Pradoṣa 16:194:19 PM–18:196:19 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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 10:4210:42 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  4. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  5. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 12:0812:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 8 h 58 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:196:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. MaghāNakṣatra: Āśleṣā ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā10:5610:56 AMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraĀśleṣā19:147:14 PMMaghā
YogaPrīti09:409:40 AMĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaGara10:5610:56 AMVaṇija
VāraŚanivāra31:20 07:207:20 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 484
Day length
8 h 58 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
18:536:53 PM
Moonset
08:108:10 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:217:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:217:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:217:21 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:217:21 AM08:288:28 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:217:21 AM07:577:57 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:577:57 AM08:328:32 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:359:35 AM10:4210:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4312:43 PM14:312:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:5712:57 PM14:042:04 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:191:19 PM13:551:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:312:31 PM16:194:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:194:19 PM18:196:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:194:19 PM16:494:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:194:19 PM17:495:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:315:31 PM19:147:14 PMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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