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Monday 23 April 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Dvitīyā

Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 17:525:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:318:31 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:406:40 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:117:11 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:071:07 PM

The Sun 78° above S. Day length 12 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:071:07 PM
At noon, 13:071:07 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 21° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 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 muhūrta05:115:11 AM–05:565:56 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:335:33 AM–06:406:40 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4212:42 PM–13:331:33 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:173:17 PM–16:084:08 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:357:35 PM–19:577:57 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:357:35 PM–20:428:42 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:356:35 AM+1–32:238:23 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:178:17 AM–09:549:54 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:3111:31 AM–13:081:08 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:331:33 PM–14:252:25 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:452:45 PM–16:214:21 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:084:08 PM–17:005:00 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya19:437:43 PM–21:329:32 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

Amṛta06:406:40 AM–08:178:17 AMgood
Kāla08:178:17 AM–09:549:54 AMavoid
Śubha09:549:54 AM–11:3111:31 AMgood
Roga11:3111:31 AM–13:081:08 PMavoid
Udvega13:081:08 PM–14:452:45 PMavoid
Cara14:452:45 PM–16:214:21 PMneutral
Lābha16:214:21 PM–17:585:58 PMgood
Amṛta17:585:58 PM–19:357:35 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:357:35 PM–20:588:58 PMneutral
Roga20:588:58 PM–22:2110:21 PMavoid
Kāla22:2110:21 PM–23:4411:44 PMavoid
Lābha23:4411:44 PM–25:071:07 AM+1good
Udvega25:071:07 AM+1–26:302:30 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:302:30 AM+1–27:533:53 AM+1good
Amṛta27:533:53 AM+1–29:165:16 AM+1good
Cara29:165:16 AM+1–30:396:39 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:406:40 AM to 30:396:39 AM+1

06:406:40 AM sunrise19:357:35 PM sunsetsunrise 30:396:39 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 20:318:31 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 14:022:02 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:117:11 AM
Kaulavauntil 20:318:31 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:178:17 AM–09:549:54 AM
Abhijit 12:4212:42 PM–13:331:33 PM
Pradoṣa 19:357:35 PM–21:049:04 PM
Niśītha 24:4312:43 AM+1–25:311:31 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. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:549:54 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:331:33 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 55 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 21:049:04 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:311:31 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā20:318:31 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraKṛttikāpast sunriseRohiṇī
YogaĀyuṣmān14:022:02 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaBālava07:117:11 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra30:39 06:396:39 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 575
Day length
12 h 55 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
07:427:42 AM
Moonset
21:229:22 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:115:11 AM06:406:40 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:115:11 AM05:565:56 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:335:33 AM06:406:40 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:406:40 AM09:159:15 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:178:17 AM09:549:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:159:15 AM11:5011:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:3111:31 AM13:081:08 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4212:42 PM13:331:33 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:4412:44 PM13:321:32 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:331:33 PM14:252:25 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:252:25 PM17:005:00 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:452:45 PM16:214:21 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:173:17 PM16:084:08 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:084:08 PM17:005:00 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:005:00 PM19:357:35 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:357:35 PM21:049:04 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:357:35 PM19:577:57 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:357:35 PM20:428:42 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:437:43 PM21:329:32 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:4312:43 AM+125:311:31 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:356:35 AM+132:238:23 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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