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Friday 10 January 1997 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Śukravāra. Dvitīyā began at 20:538:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:195:19 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:086:08 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:067:06 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 21° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 21° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:304:30 AM–05:195:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:544:54 AM–06:086:08 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3711:37 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:0412:04 PM–13:281:28 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:452:45 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:535:53 PM–18:176:17 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:535:53 PM–19:067:06 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:367:36 AM–09:049:04 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta08:298:29 AM–09:169:16 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:3210:32 AM–12:0012:00 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2412:24 PM–13:111:11 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:572:57 PM–16:254:25 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya24:4812:48+1 AM–26:142:14+1 AMa 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

Cara06:086:08 AM–07:367:36 AMneutral
Lābha07:367:36 AM–09:049:04 AMgood
Amṛta09:049:04 AM–10:3210:32 AMgood
Kāla10:3210:32 AM–12:0012:00 PMavoid
Śubha12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PMgood
Roga13:281:28 PM–14:572:57 PMavoid
Udvega14:572:57 PM–16:254:25 PMavoid
Cara16:254:25 PM–17:535:53 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga17:535:53 PM–19:257:25 PMavoid
Kāla19:257:25 PM–20:578:57 PMavoid
Lābha20:578:57 PM–22:2910:29 PMgood
Udvega22:2910:29 PM–24:0012:00+1 AMavoid
Śubha24:0012:00+1 AM–25:321:32+1 AMgood
Amṛta25:321:32+1 AM–27:043:04+1 AMgood
Cara27:043:04+1 AM–28:364:36+1 AMneutral
Roga28:364:36+1 AM–30:086:08+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:086:08 AM to 30:086:08+1 AM

06:086:08 AM sunrise17:535:53 PM sunsetsunrise 30:086:08+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 17:195:19 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 21:159:15 PM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 20:418:41 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:067:06 AM
Kaulavauntil 17:195:19 PM
Taitilauntil 27:353:35+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:3210:32 AM–12:0012:00 PM
Abhijit 11:3711:37 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Pradoṣa 17:535:53 PM–19:317:31 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24+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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:0012:00 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  6. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:317:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  10. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  13. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā17:195:19 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraŚravaṇa21:159:15 PMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVajra20:418:41 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaBālava07:067:06 AMKaulava
VāraŚukravāra30:08 06:086:08 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 993
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
07:217:21 AM
Moonset
19:327:32 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:304:30 AM06:086:08 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:304:30 AM05:195:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:544:54 AM06:086:08 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:086:08 AM08:298:29 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:367:36 AM09:049:04 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:298:29 AM10:5010:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:298:29 AM09:169:16 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:3210:32 AM12:0012:00 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3711:37 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0412:04 PM13:281:28 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2412:24 PM13:111:11 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:111:11 PM15:323:32 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:581:58 PM14:452:45 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:572:57 PM16:254:25 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:323:32 PM17:535:53 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:535:53 PM19:317:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:535:53 PM18:176:17 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:535:53 PM19:067:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:4812:48+1 AM26:142:14+1 AMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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