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Monday 11 January 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 04:404:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:003:00+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:017:01 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:577:57 AM

Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 00 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 16° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 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 muhūrta05:095:09 AM–06:056:05 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:375:37 AM–07:017:01 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4111:41 AM–12:2112:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:411:41 PM–14:212:21 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:015:01 PM–17:295:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:015:01 PM–18:256:25 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:588:58 PM–22:3010:30 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4610:46 AM–12:0112:01 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:4711:47 AM–13:191:19 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta12:2112:21 PM–13:011:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:161:16 PM–14:312:31 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:212:21 PM–15:013:01 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

Amṛta07:017:01 AM–08:168:16 AMgood
Kāla08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Śubha09:319:31 AM–10:4610:46 AMgood
Roga10:4610:46 AM–12:0112:01 PMavoid
Udvega12:0112:01 PM–13:161:16 PMavoid
Cara13:161:16 PM–14:312:31 PMneutral
Lābha14:312:31 PM–15:463:46 PMgood
Amṛta15:463:46 PM–17:015:01 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:015:01 PM–18:466:46 PMneutral
Roga18:466:46 PM–20:318:31 PMavoid
Kāla20:318:31 PM–22:1610:16 PMavoid
Lābha22:1610:16 PM–24:0112:01+1 AMgood
Udvega24:0112:01+1 AM–25:461:46+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:461:46+1 AM–27:313:31+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:313:31+1 AM–29:165:16+1 AMgood
Cara29:165:16+1 AM–31:017:01+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:017:01 AM to 31:017:01+1 AM

07:017:01 AM sunrise17:015:01 PM sunsetsunrise 31:017:01+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 27:003:00+1 AM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 07:577:57 AM
Śravaṇauntil 30:556:55+1 AM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 08:388:38 AM
Vajrauntil 30:026:02+1 AM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:523:52 PM
Kaulavauntil 27:003:00+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AM
Abhijit 11:4111:41 AM–12:2112:21 PM
Pradoṣa 17:015:01 PM–18:536:53 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25+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. Somavāra begins.
  2. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:319:31 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:2112:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 00 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:536:53 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  13. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  14. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā27:00 03:003:00 AM TueTṛtīyā
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā07:577:57 AMŚravaṇa
YogaHarṣaṇa08:388:38 AMVajra
KaraṇaBālava15:523:52 PMKaulava
VāraSomavāra31:01 07:017:01 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 933
Day length
10 h 00 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
07:417:41 AM
Moonset
18:356:35 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:095:09 AM07:017:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:095:09 AM06:056:05 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:375:37 AM07:017:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:017:01 AM09:019:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:168:16 AM09:319:31 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:019:01 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4610:46 AM12:0112:01 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4111:41 AM12:2112:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:4711:47 AM13:191:19 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2112:21 PM13:011:01 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM15:013:01 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:161:16 PM14:312:31 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:411:41 PM14:212:21 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:212:21 PM15:013:01 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:013:01 PM17:015:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:015:01 PM18:536:53 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:015:01 PM17:295:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:015:01 PM18:256:25 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:588:58 PM22:3010:30 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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