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Tuesday 17 December 1963 · Lagos, Nigeria

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 05:185:18 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:107:10 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:506:50 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:176:17 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:4212:42 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonLagos12:4212:42 PM
At noon, 12:4212:42 PM, 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 muhūrta05:125:12 AM–06:016:01 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:365:36 AM–06:506:50 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1912:19 PM–13:061:06 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:402:40 PM–15:273:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:356:35 PM–18:596:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:356:35 PM–19:487:48 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:442:44 AM+1–28:294:29 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:119:11 AM–09:589:58 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:469:46 AM–11:1411:14 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:4212:42 PM–14:102:10 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:383:38 PM–17:075:07 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:124:12 PM–17:575:57 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:2911:29 PM–24:1812:18 AM+1an 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

Roga06:506:50 AM–08:188:18 AMavoid
Udvega08:188:18 AM–09:469:46 AMavoid
Cara09:469:46 AM–11:1411:14 AMneutral
Lābha11:1411:14 AM–12:4212:42 PMgood
Amṛta12:4212:42 PM–14:102:10 PMgood
Kāla14:102:10 PM–15:383:38 PMavoid
Śubha15:383:38 PM–17:075:07 PMgood
Roga17:075:07 PM–18:356:35 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:356:35 PM–20:078:07 PMavoid
Lābha20:078:07 PM–21:399:39 PMgood
Udvega21:399:39 PM–23:1111:11 PMavoid
Śubha23:1111:11 PM–24:4312:43 AM+1good
Amṛta24:4312:43 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1good
Cara26:142:14 AM+1–27:463:46 AM+1neutral
Roga27:463:46 AM+1–29:185:18 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:185:18 AM+1–30:506:50 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:506:50 AM to 30:506:50 AM+1

06:506:50 AM sunrise18:356:35 PM sunsetsunrise 30:506:50 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 27:523:52 AM+1
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 18:176:17 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1912:19 PM–13:061:06 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:383:38 PM–17:075:07 PM
Pradoṣa 18:356:35 PM–20:138:13 PM
Niśītha 24:1912:19 AM+1–25:071:07 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 13:061:06 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:075:07 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:138:13 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:071:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  9. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyāpast sunriseTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunriseUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi27:52 03:523:52 AM WedDhruva
KaraṇaBālava18:176:17 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:50 06:506:50 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2020
Śaka
1885
Kali
5064
Ahargaṇa
1 849 915
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:527:52 AM
Moonset
19:517:51 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:125:12 AM06:506:50 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:125:12 AM06:016:01 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:365:36 AM06:506:50 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:506:50 AM09:119:11 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:119:11 AM11:3211:32 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:119:11 AM09:589:58 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:469:46 AM11:1411:14 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1812:18 PM13:061:06 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1912:19 PM13:061:06 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4212:42 PM14:102:10 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:531:53 PM16:144:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:402:40 PM15:273:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:383:38 PM17:075:07 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:124:12 PM17:575:57 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:144:14 PM18:356:35 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:356:35 PM20:138:13 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:356:35 PM18:596:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:356:35 PM19:487:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2911:29 PM24:1812:18 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1912:19 AM+125:071:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:442:44 AM+128:294:29 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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