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Wednesday 15 January 2025 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 05:525:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:545:54 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

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

At sunrise

07:207:20 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:5812:58 PM

Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.

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 195° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 195° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:207:20 AMmorning twilight
  • 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
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3211:32 AM–12:0712:07 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya26:122:12 AM+1–27:513:51 AM+1a 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

Lābha07:207:20 AM–08:288:28 AMgood
Amṛta08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Śubha10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Roga11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PMavoid
Udvega12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PMavoid
Cara14:042:04 PM–15:113:11 PMneutral
Lābha15:113:11 PM–16:194:19 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:194:19 PM–18:116:11 PMavoid
Śubha18:116:11 PM–20:048:04 PMgood
Amṛta20:048:04 PM–21:579:57 PMgood
Cara21:579:57 PM–23:4911:49 PMneutral
Roga23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:421:42 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:343:34 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1good
Udvega29:275:27 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:207:20 AM sunrise16:194:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 29:545:54 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 12:5812:58 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 28:164:16 AM+1
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 17:485:48 PM
Garauntil 29:545:54 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5712:57 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 58 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:196:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā29:54 05:545:54 AM ThuTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPuṣya12:5812:58 PMĀśleṣā
YogaPrīti28:16 04:164:16 AM ThuĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaTaitila17:485:48 PMGara
VāraBudhavāra31:20 07:207:20 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 225
Day length
8 h 58 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
17:385:38 PM
Moonset
08:278:27 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:207:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:207:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:207:20 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:288:28 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 day10:4210:42 AM11:5011:50 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM12:5712:57 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4312:43 PM14:312:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
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
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:122:12 AM+127:513:51 AM+1sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
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