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Wednesday 28 January 2009 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Māgha Śukla Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 20:518:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2410:24 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:296:29 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:419:41 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:331:33 PM

The Sun 70° above N. Day length 14 h 07 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMelbourne13:331:33 PM
At noon, 13:331:33 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 20° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 20° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:105:10 AM–05:505:50 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:305:30 AM–06:296:29 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:107:10 AM–08:548:54 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya15:543:54 PM–16:504:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:368:36 PM–20:568:56 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:368:36 PM–21:369:36 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:158:15 AM–10:0110:01 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4711:47 AM–13:331:33 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:051:05 PM–14:012:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:331:33 PM–15:193:19 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya26:112:11 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1a 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

Lābha06:296:29 AM–08:158:15 AMgood
Amṛta08:158:15 AM–10:0110:01 AMgood
Kāla10:0110:01 AM–11:4711:47 AMavoid
Śubha11:4711:47 AM–13:331:33 PMgood
Roga13:331:33 PM–15:193:19 PMavoid
Udvega15:193:19 PM–17:055:05 PMavoid
Cara17:055:05 PM–18:506:50 PMneutral
Lābha18:506:50 PM–20:368:36 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega20:368:36 PM–21:519:51 PMavoid
Śubha21:519:51 PM–23:0511:05 PMgood
Amṛta23:0511:05 PM–24:1912:19 AM+1good
Cara24:1912:19 AM+1–25:331:33 AM+1neutral
Roga25:331:33 AM+1–26:482:48 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:482:48 AM+1–28:024:02 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:024:02 AM+1–29:165:16 AM+1good
Udvega29:165:16 AM+1–30:306:30 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:296:29 AM to 30:306:30 AM+1

06:296:29 AM sunrise20:368:36 PM sunsetsunrise 30:306:30 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 22:2410:24 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 18:286:28 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyatīpātauntil 10:2010:20 AM
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 09:419:41 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:2410:24 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:331:33 PM–15:193:19 PM
Pradoṣa 20:368:36 PM–21:559:55 PM
Niśītha 25:091:09 AM+1–25:571:57 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:193:19 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 14 h 07 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 21:559:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:571:57 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā22:2410:24 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā18:286:28 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaVyatīpāta10:2010:20 AMVarīyān
KaraṇaBālava09:419:41 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra30:30 06:306:30 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2065
Śaka
1930
Kali
5109
Ahargaṇa
1 866 394
Day length
14 h 07 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
08:048:04 AM
Moonset
21:289:28 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:105:10 AM06:296:29 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:105:10 AM05:505:50 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:305:30 AM06:296:29 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:296:29 AM09:199:19 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:107:10 AM08:548:54 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:158:15 AM10:0110:01 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:199:19 AM12:0812:08 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4711:47 AM13:331:33 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:051:05 PM14:012:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday13:091:09 PM13:571:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:331:33 PM15:193:19 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:572:57 PM17:475:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:543:54 PM16:504:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:475:47 PM20:368:36 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:368:36 PM21:559:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:368:36 PM20:568:56 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:368:36 PM21:369:36 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight25:091:09 AM+125:571:57 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:112:11 AM+127:543:54 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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