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Tuesday 1 April 2014 · Qingyang, Gansu, China

Caitra Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:5512:55 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:3911:39 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:376:37 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1312:13 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:5312:53 PM

The Sun 59° above S. Day length 12 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQingyang12:5312:53 PM
At noon, 12:5312:53 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 18° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 18° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–05:515:51 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:285:28 AM–06:376:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2912:29 PM–13:191:19 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:592:59 PM–15:503:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:107:10 PM–19:337:33 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:107:10 PM–20:198:19 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:237:23 PM–20:578:57 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:089:08 AM–09:589:58 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:459:45 AM–11:1911:19 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:5412:54 PM–14:282:28 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:024:02 PM–17:365:36 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:3110:31 PM–24:0512:05+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:4411:44 PM–24:3012:30+1 AMan 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

Roga06:376:37 AM–08:118:11 AMavoid
Udvega08:118:11 AM–09:459:45 AMavoid
Cara09:459:45 AM–11:1911:19 AMneutral
Lābha11:1911:19 AM–12:5412:54 PMgood
Amṛta12:5412:54 PM–14:282:28 PMgood
Kāla14:282:28 PM–16:024:02 PMavoid
Śubha16:024:02 PM–17:365:36 PMgood
Roga17:365:36 PM–19:107:10 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:107:10 PM–20:368:36 PMavoid
Lābha20:368:36 PM–22:0210:02 PMgood
Udvega22:0210:02 PM–23:2711:27 PMavoid
Śubha23:2711:27 PM–24:5312:53+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:5312:53+1 AM–26:192:19+1 AMgood
Cara26:192:19+1 AM–27:443:44+1 AMneutral
Roga27:443:44+1 AM–29:105:10+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:105:10+1 AM–30:356:35+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:376:37 AM to 30:356:35+1 AM

06:376:37 AM sunrise19:107:10 PM sunsetsunrise 30:356:35+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 23:3911:39 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 26:262:26+1 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vaidhṛtiuntil 24:2512:25+1 AM
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:1312:13 PM
Kaulavauntil 23:3911:39 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2912:29 PM–13:191:19 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:024:02 PM–17:365:36 PM
Pradoṣa 19:107:10 PM–20:428:42 PM
Niśītha 24:2912:29+1 AM–25:171:17+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:191:19 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:365:36 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 34 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:428:42 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. ViṣkambhaYoga: Vaidhṛti ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:171:17+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā23:3911:39 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraAśvinī26:26 02:262:26 AM WedBharaṇī
YogaVaidhṛti24:25 00:2512:25 AM WedViṣkambha
KaraṇaBālava12:1312:13 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:35 06:356:35 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 283
Day length
12 h 34 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
07:237:23 AM
Moonset
20:538:53 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:376:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM05:515:51 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:285:28 AM06:376:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:376:37 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:089:08 AM09:589:58 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:459:45 AM11:1911:19 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2912:29 PM13:191:19 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:3012:30 PM13:181:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5412:54 PM14:282:28 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:092:09 PM16:404:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:592:59 PM15:503:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:024:02 PM17:365:36 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:404:40 PM19:107:10 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:107:10 PM20:428:42 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:107:10 PM19:337:33 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:107:10 PM20:198:19 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:237:23 PM20:578:57 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:3110:31 PM24:0512:05+1 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:4411:44 PM24:3012:30+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2912:29+1 AM25:171:17+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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