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Tuesday 19 December 2017 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 05:095:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:517:51 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:585:58 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:306:30 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 15° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 15° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:204:20 AM–05:095:09 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:444:44 AM–05:585:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:1312:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:471:47 PM–14:342:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:425:42 PM–18:066:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:425:42 PM–18:556:55 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:2010:20 PM–24:0812:08 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:198:19 AM–09:069:06 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:548:54 AM–10:2210:22 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:3011:30 AM–13:181:18 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:5011:50 AM–13:181:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:462:46 PM–16:144:14 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3610:36 PM–23:2611:26 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

Roga05:585:58 AM–07:267:26 AMavoid
Udvega07:267:26 AM–08:548:54 AMavoid
Cara08:548:54 AM–10:2210:22 AMneutral
Lābha10:2210:22 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Amṛta11:5011:50 AM–13:181:18 PMgood
Kāla13:181:18 PM–14:462:46 PMavoid
Śubha14:462:46 PM–16:144:14 PMgood
Roga16:144:14 PM–17:425:42 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:425:42 PM–19:147:14 PMavoid
Lābha19:147:14 PM–20:468:46 PMgood
Udvega20:468:46 PM–22:1810:18 PMavoid
Śubha22:1810:18 PM–23:5011:50 PMgood
Amṛta23:5011:50 PM–25:221:22 AM+1good
Cara25:221:22 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1neutral
Roga26:542:54 AM+1–28:274:27 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:274:27 AM+1–29:595:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:585:58 AM to 29:595:59 AM+1

05:585:58 AM sunrise17:425:42 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 27:453:45 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 19:197:19 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 18:306:30 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:1312:13 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:462:46 PM–16:144:14 PM
Pradoṣa 17:425:42 PM–19:207:20 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14 AM+1

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 12:1312:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:144:14 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:207:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  7. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyāpast sunriseTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā27:45 03:453:45 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi19:197:19 PMDhruva
KaraṇaBālava18:306:30 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:59 05:595:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 641
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
06:566:56 AM
Moonset
18:566:56 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:204:20 AM05:585:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:204:20 AM05:095:09 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:444:44 AM05:585:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:585:58 AM08:198:19 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:198:19 AM10:4010:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:198:19 AM09:069:06 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:548:54 AM10:2210:22 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:1312:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:3011:30 AM13:181:18 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM13:181:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:001:00 PM15:213:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:471:47 PM14:342:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:462:46 PM16:144:14 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:213:21 PM17:425:42 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:425:42 PM19:207:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:425:42 PM18:066:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:425:42 PM18:556:55 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:2010:20 PM24:0812:08 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3610:36 PM23:2611:26 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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