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Wednesday 15 January 2025 · Pyongyang, North Korea

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 06:526:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:546:54+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:557:55 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:581:58 PM

Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.

Noon

12:4612:46 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonPyongyang12:4612:46 PM
At noon, 12:4612:46 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 195° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 195° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:006:00 AM–06:586:58 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:296:29 AM–07:557:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:242:24 PM–15:033:03 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:385:38 PM–18:076:07 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:385:38 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa09:089:08 AM–10:2110:21 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3411:34 AM–12:4612:46 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2712:27 PM–13:061:06 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:4612:46 PM–13:591:59 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:123:12+1 AM–28:514:51+1 AMa 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

Lābha07:557:55 AM–09:089:08 AMgood
Amṛta09:089:08 AM–10:2110:21 AMgood
Kāla10:2110:21 AM–11:3411:34 AMavoid
Śubha11:3411:34 AM–12:4612:46 PMgood
Roga12:4612:46 PM–13:591:59 PMavoid
Udvega13:591:59 PM–15:123:12 PMavoid
Cara15:123:12 PM–16:254:25 PMneutral
Lābha16:254:25 PM–17:385:38 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:385:38 PM–19:257:25 PMavoid
Śubha19:257:25 PM–21:129:12 PMgood
Amṛta21:129:12 PM–22:5910:59 PMgood
Cara22:5910:59 PM–24:4612:46+1 AMneutral
Roga24:4612:46+1 AM–26:332:33+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:332:33+1 AM–28:204:20+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:204:20+1 AM–30:076:07+1 AMgood
Udvega30:076:07+1 AM–31:547:54+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:557:55 AM to 31:547:54+1 AM

07:557:55 AM sunrise17:385:38 PM sunsetsunrise 31:547:54+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 30:546:54+1 AM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 13:581:58 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 29:165:16+1 AM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 18:486:48 PM
Garauntil 30:546:54+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:4612:46 PM–13:591:59 PM
Pradoṣa 17:385:38 PM–19:327:32 PM
Niśītha 24:2212:22+1 AM–25:101:10+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:591:59 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 43 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:327:32 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:101:10+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā30:54 06:546:54 AM ThuTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPuṣya13:581:58 PMĀśleṣā
YogaPrīti29:16 05:165:16 AM ThuĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaTaitila18:486:48 PMGara
VāraBudhavāra31:54 07:547:54 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 225
Day length
9 h 43 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
18:586:58 PM
Moonset
08:598:59 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:006:00 AM07:557:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:006:00 AM06:586:58 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:296:29 AM07:557:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:557:55 AM09:519:51 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:089:08 AM10:2110:21 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:519:51 AM11:4811:48 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3411:34 AM12:4612:46 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2212:22 PM13:101:10 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2712:27 PM13:061:06 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:4612:46 PM13:591:59 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:451:45 PM15:423:42 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:242:24 PM15:033:03 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:423:42 PM17:385:38 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:385:38 PM19:327:32 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:385:38 PM18:076:07 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:385:38 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2212:22+1 AM25:101:10+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:123:12+1 AM28:514:51+1 AMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
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