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Tuesday 8 January 1985 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:563:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:112:11+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:216:21 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:063:06 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:4111:41 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 39 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4111:41 AM
At noon, 11:4111:41 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 196° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 196° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:015:01 AM–06:216:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1911:19 AM–12:0212:02 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:271:27 PM–14:102:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:054:05 PM–17:375:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:005:00 PM–17:275:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:005:00 PM–18:206:20 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:536:53 AM–08:258:25 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:298:29 AM–09:129:12 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:019:01 AM–10:2110:21 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4111:41 AM–13:001:00 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:202:20 PM–15:403:40 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2110:21 PM–23:1411:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga06:216:21 AM–07:417:41 AMavoid
Udvega07:417:41 AM–09:019:01 AMavoid
Cara09:019:01 AM–10:2110:21 AMneutral
Lābha10:2110:21 AM–11:4111:41 AMgood
Amṛta11:4111:41 AM–13:001:00 PMgood
Kāla13:001:00 PM–14:202:20 PMavoid
Śubha14:202:20 PM–15:403:40 PMgood
Roga15:403:40 PM–17:005:00 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:005:00 PM–18:406:40 PMavoid
Lābha18:406:40 PM–20:208:20 PMgood
Udvega20:208:20 PM–22:0110:01 PMavoid
Śubha22:0110:01 PM–23:4111:41 PMgood
Amṛta23:4111:41 PM–25:211:21+1 AMgood
Cara25:211:21+1 AM–27:013:01+1 AMneutral
Roga27:013:01+1 AM–28:414:41+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:414:41+1 AM–30:216:21+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:216:21 AM to 30:216:21+1 AM

06:216:21 AM sunrise17:005:00 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 26:112:11+1 AM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 22:1310:13 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 25:091:09+1 AM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 15:063:06 PM
Garauntil 26:112:11+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1911:19 AM–12:0212:02 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:202:20 PM–15:403:40 PM
Pradoṣa 17:005:00 PM–18:476:47 PM
Niśītha 23:1711:17 PM–24:0512:05+1 AM

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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:0212:02 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:403:40 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 39 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:476:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0512:05+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  10. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā26:11 02:112:11 AM WedTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPuṣya22:1310:13 PMĀśleṣā
YogaViṣkambha25:09 01:091:09 AM WedPrīti
KaraṇaTaitila15:063:06 PMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:21 06:216:21 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2041
Śaka
1906
Kali
5085
Ahargaṇa
1 857 608
Day length
10 h 39 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
18:256:25 PM
Moonset
07:317:31 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:344:34 AM06:216:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:344:34 AM05:285:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:015:01 AM06:216:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:216:21 AM08:298:29 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:536:53 AM08:258:25 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:298:29 AM10:3710:37 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:298:29 AM09:129:12 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:019:01 AM10:2110:21 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1911:19 AM12:0212:02 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4111:41 AM13:001:00 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4512:45 PM14:522:52 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:271:27 PM14:102:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:202:20 PM15:403:40 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:522:52 PM17:005:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:054:05 PM17:375:37 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:005:00 PM18:476:47 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:005:00 PM17:275:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:005:00 PM18:206:20 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2110:21 PM23:1411:14 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1711:17 PM24:0512:05+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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