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Tuesday 20 February 1996 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Phālguna Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:3411:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:089:08 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:066:06 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1710:17 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4811:48 AM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 11 h 24 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4811:48 AM
At noon, 11:4811:48 AM, the Sun is in Śatabhiṣā and the Moon 19° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 19° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:254:25 AM–05:155:15 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:504:50 AM–06:066:06 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:1112:11 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:282:28 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:394:39 PM–18:086:08 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:305:30 PM–17:555:55 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:305:30 PM–18:466:46 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:437:43 AM–09:129:12 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:238:23 AM–09:089:08 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:578:57 AM–10:2210:22 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4811:48 AM–13:131:13 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:392:39 PM–16:054:05 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3210:32 PM–23:2211:22 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

Roga06:066:06 AM–07:317:31 AMavoid
Udvega07:317:31 AM–08:578:57 AMavoid
Cara08:578:57 AM–10:2210:22 AMneutral
Lābha10:2210:22 AM–11:4811:48 AMgood
Amṛta11:4811:48 AM–13:131:13 PMgood
Kāla13:131:13 PM–14:392:39 PMavoid
Śubha14:392:39 PM–16:054:05 PMgood
Roga16:054:05 PM–17:305:30 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:305:30 PM–19:047:04 PMavoid
Lābha19:047:04 PM–20:398:39 PMgood
Udvega20:398:39 PM–22:1310:13 PMavoid
Śubha22:1310:13 PM–23:4711:47 PMgood
Amṛta23:4711:47 PM–25:221:22+1 AMgood
Cara25:221:22+1 AM–26:562:56+1 AMneutral
Roga26:562:56+1 AM–28:314:31+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:314:31+1 AM–30:056:05+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:066:06 AM to 30:056:05+1 AM

06:066:06 AM sunrise17:305:30 PM sunsetsunrise 30:056:05+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 21:089:08 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 24:0612:06+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 22:2610:26 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:1710:17 AM
Kaulavauntil 21:089:08 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:1112:11 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:392:39 PM–16:054:05 PM
Pradoṣa 17:305:30 PM–19:117:11 PM
Niśītha 23:2311:23 PM–24:1112:11+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. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1112:11 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:054:05 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 24 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:117:11 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1112:11+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā21:089:08 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā24:06 00:0612:06 AM WedUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddha22:2610:26 PMSādhya
KaraṇaBālava10:1710:17 AMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:05 06:056:05 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2052
Śaka
1917
Kali
5096
Ahargaṇa
1 861 668
Day length
11 h 24 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
06:516:51 AM
Moonset
19:077:07 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:254:25 AM06:066:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:254:25 AM05:155:15 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:504:50 AM06:066:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:066:06 AM08:238:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:437:43 AM09:129:12 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:238:23 AM10:3910:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:238:23 AM09:089:08 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:578:57 AM10:2210:22 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2411:24 AM12:1212:12 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:1112:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4811:48 AM13:131:13 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5612:56 PM15:133:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:282:28 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:392:39 PM16:054:05 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:133:13 PM17:305:30 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:394:39 PM18:086:08 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:305:30 PM19:117:11 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:305:30 PM17:555:55 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:305:30 PM18:466:46 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3210:32 PM23:2211:22 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2311:23 PM24:1112:11+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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