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Tuesday 23 December 2014 · Qingyang, Gansu, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 07:017:01 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:114:11 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:567:56 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:128:12 AM

Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.

Noon

12:4812:48 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQingyang12:4812:48 PM
At noon, 12:4812:48 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 muhūrta06:026:02 AM–06:596:59 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:316:31 AM–07:567:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2912:29 PM–13:081:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:262:26 PM–15:053:05 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:183:18 PM–16:464:46 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:405:40 PM–18:096:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:405:40 PM–19:067:06 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:539:53 AM–10:3210:32 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2210:22 AM–11:3511:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:4812:48 PM–14:012:01 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:143:14 PM–16:274:27 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:2311:23 PM–24:2012:20 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya26:582:58 AM+1–28:264:26 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

Roga07:567:56 AM–09:099:09 AMavoid
Udvega09:099:09 AM–10:2210:22 AMavoid
Cara10:2210:22 AM–11:3511:35 AMneutral
Lābha11:3511:35 AM–12:4812:48 PMgood
Amṛta12:4812:48 PM–14:012:01 PMgood
Kāla14:012:01 PM–15:143:14 PMavoid
Śubha15:143:14 PM–16:274:27 PMgood
Roga16:274:27 PM–17:405:40 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:405:40 PM–19:277:27 PMavoid
Lābha19:277:27 PM–21:149:14 PMgood
Udvega21:149:14 PM–23:0111:01 PMavoid
Śubha23:0111:01 PM–24:4912:49 AM+1good
Amṛta24:4912:49 AM+1–26:362:36 AM+1good
Cara26:362:36 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1neutral
Roga28:234:23 AM+1–30:106:10 AM+1avoid
Kāla30:106:10 AM+1–31:577:57 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:567:56 AM to 31:577:57 AM+1

07:567:56 AM sunrise17:405:40 PM sunsetsunrise 31:577:57 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 28:114:11 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 19:427:42 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 08:128:12 AM
Dhruvauntil 28:394:39 AM+1
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 17:375:37 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:114:11 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2912:29 PM–13:081:08 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:143:14 PM–16:274:27 PM
Pradoṣa 17:405:40 PM–19:347:34 PM
Niśītha 24:2512:25 AM+1–25:131:13 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. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:081:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:274:27 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 44 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:347:34 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:131:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā28:11 04:114:11 AM WedTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā19:427:42 PMUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi08:128:12 AMDhruva
KaraṇaBālava17:375:37 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:57 07:577:57 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 549
Day length
9 h 44 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
08:388:38 AM
Moonset
19:147:14 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:026:02 AM07:567:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:026:02 AM06:596:59 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:316:31 AM07:567:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:567:56 AM09:539:53 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:539:53 AM11:5011:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:539:53 AM10:3210:32 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2210:22 AM11:3511:35 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2412:24 PM13:121:12 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2912:29 PM13:081:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4812:48 PM14:012:01 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:471:47 PM15:433:43 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:262:26 PM15:053:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:143:14 PM16:274:27 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:183:18 PM16:464:46 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:433:43 PM17:405:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:405:40 PM19:347:34 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:405:40 PM18:096:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:405:40 PM19:067:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2311:23 PM24:2012:20 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2512:25 AM+125:131:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:582:58 AM+128:264:26 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
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