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Sunday 8 May 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Vaiśākha Śukla Dvitīyā

Ravivāra. Dvitīyā began at 20:178:17 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:514:51 PM.

Observed here on this day

Paraśurāma Jayantī

Tṛtīyā covers 82 of 82 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

04:574:57 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:326:32 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 73° above S. Day length 13 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 21° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 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 muhūrta03:353:35 AM–04:164:16 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:553:55 AM–04:574:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2211:22 AM–12:1812:18 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:082:08 PM–15:033:03 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:436:43 PM–19:047:04 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:436:43 PM–19:457:45 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:1410:14 PM–23:4111:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa11:5011:50 AM–13:331:33 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:173:17 PM–17:005:00 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:534:53 PM–17:485:48 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla17:005:00 PM–18:436:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:565:56 PM–19:227:22 PMa 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

Udvega04:574:57 AM–06:406:40 AMavoid
Cara06:406:40 AM–08:238:23 AMneutral
Lābha08:238:23 AM–10:0710:07 AMgood
Amṛta10:0710:07 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Kāla11:5011:50 AM–13:331:33 PMavoid
Śubha13:331:33 PM–15:173:17 PMgood
Roga15:173:17 PM–17:005:00 PMavoid
Udvega17:005:00 PM–18:436:43 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha18:436:43 PM–20:008:00 PMgood
Amṛta20:008:00 PM–21:169:16 PMgood
Cara21:169:16 PM–22:3310:33 PMneutral
Roga22:3310:33 PM–23:5011:50 PMavoid
Kāla23:5011:50 PM–25:061:06+1 AMavoid
Lābha25:061:06+1 AM–26:232:23+1 AMgood
Udvega26:232:23+1 AM–27:393:39+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:393:39+1 AM–28:564:56+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:574:57 AM to 28:564:56+1 AM

04:574:57 AM sunrise18:436:43 PM sunsetsunrise 28:564:56+1 AM
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 16:514:51 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇīuntil 25:071:07+1 AM
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 08:028:02 AM
Atigaṇḍauntil 28:184:18+1 AM
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 06:326:32 AM
Kaulavauntil 16:514:51 PM
Taitilauntil 27:183:18+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2211:22 AM–12:1812:18 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:005:00 PM–18:436:43 PM
Pradoṣa 18:436:43 PM–20:058:05 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14+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. Ravivāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1812:18 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  6. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  7. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:436:43 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 47 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:058:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. MṛgaśirāNakṣatra: Rohiṇī ends.
  12. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  13. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  14. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā16:514:51 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraRohiṇī25:07 01:071:07 AM MonMṛgaśirā
YogaŚobhana08:028:02 AMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava06:326:32 AMKaulava
VāraRavivāra28:56 04:564:56 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 051
Day length
13 h 47 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
06:236:23 AM
Moonset
20:298:29 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:353:35 AM04:574:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:353:35 AM04:164:16 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:553:55 AM04:574:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:574:57 AM07:427:42 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:427:42 AM10:2710:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2211:22 AM12:1812:18 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM13:331:33 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:131:13 PM15:583:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:082:08 PM15:033:03 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:173:17 PM17:005:00 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:583:58 PM18:436:43 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:534:53 PM17:485:48 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:005:00 PM18:436:43 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:565:56 PM19:227:22 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:436:43 PM20:058:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:436:43 PM19:047:04 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:436:43 PM19:457:45 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:1410:14 PM23:4111:41 PMsixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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