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January 1961 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePauṣa Śukla to Māgha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 18 January 1961 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Māgha Śukla Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 01:421:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:0610:06 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5211:52 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 03 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 18° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 18° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:196:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:211:21 PM–13:571:57 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:224:22 PM–16:524:52 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:224:22 PM–17:525:52 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:151:15 AM+1–26:402:40 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:278:27 AM–09:359:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4310:43 AM–11:5111:51 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3211:32 AM–12:0912:09 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5111:51 AM–12:5912:59 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:434:43 PM–18:086:08 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

Lābha07:197:19 AM–08:278:27 AMgood
Amṛta08:278:27 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4310:43 AMavoid
Śubha10:4310:43 AM–11:5111:51 AMgood
Roga11:5111:51 AM–12:5912:59 PMavoid
Udvega12:5912:59 PM–14:062:06 PMavoid
Cara14:062:06 PM–15:143:14 PMneutral
Lābha15:143:14 PM–16:224:22 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:224:22 PM–18:146:14 PMavoid
Śubha18:146:14 PM–20:068:06 PMgood
Amṛta20:068:06 PM–21:589:58 PMgood
Cara21:589:58 PM–23:5011:50 PMneutral
Roga23:5011:50 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:421:42 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:343:34 AM+1–29:265:26 AM+1good
Udvega29:265:26 AM+1–31:187:18 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:187:18 AM+1

07:197:19 AM sunrise16:224:22 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 22:0610:06 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 13:091:09 PM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 21:159:15 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 11:5211:52 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:0610:06 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5111:51 AM–12:5912:59 PM
Pradoṣa 16:224:22 PM–18:226:22 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14 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. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5912:59 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 03 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:226:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā22:0610:06 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraŚravaṇa13:091:09 PMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaSiddhi21:159:15 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaBālava11:5211:52 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:18 07:187:18 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2017
Śaka
1882
Kali
5061
Ahargaṇa
1 848 852
Day length
9 h 03 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
08:018:01 AM
Moonset
18:156:15 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:196:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:278:27 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4310:43 AM11:5111:51 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2711:27 AM12:1512:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5111:51 AM12:5912:59 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4512:45 PM14:342:34 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:211:21 PM13:571:57 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:342:34 PM16:224:22 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:224:22 PM18:226:22 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:224:22 PM16:524:52 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:224:22 PM17:525:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:434:43 PM18:086:08 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:151:15 AM+126:402:40 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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