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Tuesday 12 December 2000 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 01:511:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:3410:34 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:555:55 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1312:13 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:4711:47 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4711:47 AM
At noon, 11:4711:47 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 198° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 198° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:164:16 AM–05:065:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:414:41 AM–05:555:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:1111:11 AM–12:3712:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:441:44 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:385:38 PM–18:036:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:385:38 PM–18:526:52 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:106:10 AM–07:367:36 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:158:15 AM–09:029:02 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:518:51 AM–10:1910:19 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4711:47 AM–13:151:15 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:422:42 PM–16:104:10 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3310:33 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

Roga05:555:55 AM–07:237:23 AMavoid
Udvega07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AMavoid
Cara08:518:51 AM–10:1910:19 AMneutral
Lābha10:1910:19 AM–11:4711:47 AMgood
Amṛta11:4711:47 AM–13:151:15 PMgood
Kāla13:151:15 PM–14:422:42 PMavoid
Śubha14:422:42 PM–16:104:10 PMgood
Roga16:104:10 PM–17:385:38 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:385:38 PM–19:117:11 PMavoid
Lābha19:117:11 PM–20:438:43 PMgood
Udvega20:438:43 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Śubha22:1510:15 PM–23:4711:47 PMgood
Amṛta23:4711:47 PM–25:191:19+1 AMgood
Cara25:191:19+1 AM–26:512:51+1 AMneutral
Roga26:512:51+1 AM–28:234:23+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:234:23+1 AM–29:555:55+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:555:55 AM to 29:555:55+1 AM

05:555:55 AM sunrise17:385:38 PM sunsetsunrise 29:555:55+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 22:3410:34 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 20:078:07 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 24:0012:00+1 AM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 12:1312:13 PM
Garauntil 22:3410:34 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:422:42 PM–16:104:10 PM
Pradoṣa 17:385:38 PM–19:177:17 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. AbhijitUntil 12:1012:10 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:104:10 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:177:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1112:11+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā22:3410:34 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraĀrdrā20:078:07 PMPunarvasu
YogaŚukla24:00 00:0012:00 AM WedBrahma
KaraṇaTaitila12:1312:13 PMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:55 05:555:55 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 425
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
19:137:13 PM
Moonset
07:017:01 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:164:16 AM05:555:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:164:16 AM05:065:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:414:41 AM05:555:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:555:55 AM08:158:15 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:106:10 AM07:367:36 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:158:15 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:158:15 AM09:029:02 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:518:51 AM10:1910:19 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:1111:11 AM12:3712:37 PMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2311:23 AM12:1112:11 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM12:1012:10 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4711:47 AM13:151:15 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5712:57 PM15:183:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:441:44 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:422:42 PM16:104:10 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:183:18 PM17:385:38 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:385:38 PM19:177:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:385:38 PM18:036:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:385:38 PM18:526:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3310:33 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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