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Saturday 4 January 2003 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:3312:33 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4511:45 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:177:17 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:0412:04 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:4312:43 PM

The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 53 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:4312:43 PM
At noon, 12:4312:43 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 18° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 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 muhūrta05:325:32 AM–06:256:25 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:585:58 AM–07:177:17 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:0610:06 AM–11:4011:40 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2212:22 PM–13:051:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:322:32 PM–15:163:16 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:106:10 PM–18:366:36 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:106:10 PM–19:297:29 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:086:08 AM+1–31:457:45 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:177:17 AM–08:398:39 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:177:17 AM–08:018:01 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:018:01 AM–08:448:44 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:0010:00 AM–11:2211:22 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:052:05 PM–15:273:27 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:268:26 PM–22:0310:03 PMa 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

Kāla07:177:17 AM–08:398:39 AMavoid
Śubha08:398:39 AM–10:0010:00 AMgood
Roga10:0010:00 AM–11:2211:22 AMavoid
Udvega11:2211:22 AM–12:4312:43 PMavoid
Cara12:4312:43 PM–14:052:05 PMneutral
Lābha14:052:05 PM–15:273:27 PMgood
Amṛta15:273:27 PM–16:484:48 PMgood
Kāla16:484:48 PM–18:106:10 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:106:10 PM–19:487:48 PMgood
Udvega19:487:48 PM–21:279:27 PMavoid
Śubha21:279:27 PM–23:0511:05 PMgood
Amṛta23:0511:05 PM–24:4412:44 AM+1good
Cara24:4412:44 AM+1–26:222:22 AM+1neutral
Roga26:222:22 AM+1–28:004:00 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:004:00 AM+1–29:395:39 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:395:39 AM+1–31:177:17 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:177:17 AM to 31:177:17 AM+1

07:177:17 AM sunrise18:106:10 PM sunsetsunrise 31:177:17 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 23:4511:45 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 16:244:24 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 27:583:58 AM+1
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:0412:04 PM
Kaulavauntil 23:4511:45 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0010:00 AM–11:2211:22 AM
Abhijit 12:2212:22 PM–13:051:05 PM
Pradoṣa 18:106:10 PM–19:557:55 PM
Niśītha 24:2012:20 AM+1–25:081:08 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:2211:22 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:051:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 53 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:557:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:081:08 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā23:4511:45 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā16:244:24 PMŚravaṇa
YogaHarṣaṇa27:58 03:583:58 AM SunVajra
KaraṇaBālava12:0412:04 PMKaulava
VāraŚanivāra31:17 07:177:17 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 178
Day length
10 h 53 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
08:388:38 AM
Moonset
19:407:40 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:325:32 AM07:177:17 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:325:32 AM06:256:25 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:585:58 AM07:177:17 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:177:17 AM09:289:28 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:177:17 AM08:398:39 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:177:17 AM08:018:01 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:018:01 AM08:448:44 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:289:28 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:0010:00 AM11:2211:22 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:0610:06 AM11:4011:40 AMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1912:19 PM13:071:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2212:22 PM13:051:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:491:49 PM15:593:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:052:05 PM15:273:27 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:322:32 PM15:163:16 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:593:59 PM18:106:10 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:106:10 PM19:557:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:106:10 PM18:366:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:106:10 PM19:297:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:268:26 PM22:0310:03 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:2012:20 AM+125:081:08 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:086:08 AM+131:457:45 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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