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Tuesday 18 December 1990 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:573:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:246:24+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:586:58 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:125:12 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:4912:49 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:4912:49 PM
At noon, 12:4912:49 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 16° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 16° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:086:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:445:44 AM–06:586:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2612:26 PM–13:131:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:462:46 PM–15:333:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:416:41 PM–19:067:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:416:41 PM–19:557:55 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:2411:24 PM–25:111:11+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:189:18 AM–10:0510:05 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:539:53 AM–11:2111:21 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:3812:38 PM–14:262:26 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika12:4912:49 PM–14:172:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:453:45 PM–17:135:13 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:3611:36 PM–24:2512:25+1 AMan 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

Roga06:586:58 AM–08:258:25 AMavoid
Udvega08:258:25 AM–09:539:53 AMavoid
Cara09:539:53 AM–11:2111:21 AMneutral
Lābha11:2111:21 AM–12:4912:49 PMgood
Amṛta12:4912:49 PM–14:172:17 PMgood
Kāla14:172:17 PM–15:453:45 PMavoid
Śubha15:453:45 PM–17:135:13 PMgood
Roga17:135:13 PM–18:416:41 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:416:41 PM–20:138:13 PMavoid
Lābha20:138:13 PM–21:459:45 PMgood
Udvega21:459:45 PM–23:1711:17 PMavoid
Śubha23:1711:17 PM–24:4912:49+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:4912:49+1 AM–26:222:22+1 AMgood
Cara26:222:22+1 AM–27:543:54+1 AMneutral
Roga27:543:54+1 AM–29:265:26+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:265:26+1 AM–30:586:58+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:586:58 AM to 30:586:58+1 AM

06:586:58 AM sunrise18:416:41 PM sunsetsunrise 30:586:58+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 30:246:24+1 AM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 28:464:46+1 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 22:2710:27 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 17:125:12 PM
Kaulavauntil 30:246:24+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2612:26 PM–13:131:13 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:453:45 PM–17:135:13 PM
Pradoṣa 18:416:41 PM–20:198:19 PM
Niśītha 24:2512:25+1 AM–25:131:13+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 13:131:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:135:13 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:198:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:131:13+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  10. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā30:24 06:246:24 AM WedTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā28:46 04:464:46 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi22:2710:27 PMDhruva
KaraṇaBālava17:125:12 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:58 06:586:58 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2047
Śaka
1912
Kali
5091
Ahargaṇa
1 859 778
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
08:048:04 AM
Moonset
20:008:00 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM06:586:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:086:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:445:44 AM06:586:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:586:58 AM09:189:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:189:18 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:189:18 AM10:0510:05 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:539:53 AM11:2111:21 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2512:25 PM13:131:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:131:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:3812:38 PM14:262:26 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4912:49 PM14:172:17 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:002:00 PM16:204:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:462:46 PM15:333:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:453:45 PM17:135:13 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:204:20 PM18:416:41 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:416:41 PM20:198:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:416:41 PM19:067:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:416:41 PM19:557:55 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:2411:24 PM25:111:11+1 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:3611:36 PM24:2512:25+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2512:25+1 AM25:131:13+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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