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Monday 19 March 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Caitra Śukla Dvitīyā

Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 17:325:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:534:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:595:59 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:394:39 PM

Brahma gives way to Indra.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 55° above S. Day length 12 h 04 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 21° ahead of it, in Revatī, 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 muhūrta04:244:24 AM–05:115:11 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:484:48 AM–05:595:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3711:37 AM–12:2612:26 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:022:02 PM–14:502:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:454:45 PM–18:216:21 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:046:04 PM–18:276:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:046:04 PM–19:157:15 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:097:09 AM–08:458:45 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla07:307:30 AM–09:009:00 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3110:31 AM–12:0112:01 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2612:26 PM–13:141:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:321:32 PM–15:033:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:502:50 PM–15:393:39 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

Amṛta05:595:59 AM–07:307:30 AMgood
Kāla07:307:30 AM–09:009:00 AMavoid
Śubha09:009:00 AM–10:3110:31 AMgood
Roga10:3110:31 AM–12:0112:01 PMavoid
Udvega12:0112:01 PM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Cara13:321:32 PM–15:033:03 PMneutral
Lābha15:033:03 PM–16:334:33 PMgood
Amṛta16:334:33 PM–18:046:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:046:04 PM–19:337:33 PMneutral
Roga19:337:33 PM–21:029:02 PMavoid
Kāla21:029:02 PM–22:3110:31 PMavoid
Lābha22:3110:31 PM–24:0112:01 AM+1good
Udvega24:0112:01 AM+1–25:301:30 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:301:30 AM+1–26:592:59 AM+1good
Amṛta26:592:59 AM+1–28:294:29 AM+1good
Cara28:294:29 AM+1–29:585:58 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

05:595:59 AM sunrise18:046:04 PM sunsetsunrise 29:585:58 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 16:534:53 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 19:087:08 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 16:394:39 PM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 16:534:53 PM
Taitilauntil 28:254:25 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:307:30 AM–09:009:00 AM
Abhijit 11:3711:37 AM–12:2612:26 PM
Pradoṣa 18:046:04 PM–19:397:39 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:009:00 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2612:26 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  5. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  6. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 04 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:397:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā16:534:53 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraRevatī19:087:08 PMAśvinī
YogaBrahma16:394:39 PMIndra
KaraṇaKaulava16:534:53 PMTaitila
VāraSomavāra29:58 05:585:58 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 869 731
Day length
12 h 04 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
07:137:13 AM
Moonset
19:547:54 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:244:24 AM05:595:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:244:24 AM05:115:11 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:484:48 AM05:595:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:595:59 AM08:248:24 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:097:09 AM08:458:45 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:307:30 AM09:009:00 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:248:24 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3110:31 AM12:0112:01 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3711:37 AM12:2612:26 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:141:14 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:141:14 PM15:393:39 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:321:32 PM15:033:03 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:022:02 PM14:502:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:502:50 PM15:393:39 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:393:39 PM18:046:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:454:45 PM18:216:21 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:046:04 PM19:397:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:046:04 PM18:276:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:046:04 PM19:157:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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