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Wednesday 12 January 2005 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Pauṣa Śukla Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 13:381:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 09:569:56 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:309:30 AM

Vajra gives way to Siddhi.

Noon

12:4712:47 PM

The Sun 47° above S. Day length 10 h 57 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:4712:47 PM
At noon, 12:4712:47 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 26° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 5% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 26° falls in Śukla Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:345:34 AM–06:266:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:006:00 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:372:37 PM–15:203:20 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:156:15 PM–18:426:42 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:156:15 PM–19:347:34 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:0012:00+1 AM–25:261:26+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:418:41 AM–10:0310:03 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:2511:25 AM–12:4712:47 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2512:25 PM–13:091:09 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:4712:47 PM–14:092:09 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:243:24 PM–16:504:50 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

Lābha07:197:19 AM–08:418:41 AMgood
Amṛta08:418:41 AM–10:0310:03 AMgood
Kāla10:0310:03 AM–11:2511:25 AMavoid
Śubha11:2511:25 AM–12:4712:47 PMgood
Roga12:4712:47 PM–14:092:09 PMavoid
Udvega14:092:09 PM–15:313:31 PMavoid
Cara15:313:31 PM–16:534:53 PMneutral
Lābha16:534:53 PM–18:156:15 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:156:15 PM–19:537:53 PMavoid
Śubha19:537:53 PM–21:319:31 PMgood
Amṛta21:319:31 PM–23:0911:09 PMgood
Cara23:0911:09 PM–24:4712:47+1 AMneutral
Roga24:4712:47+1 AM–26:252:25+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:252:25+1 AM–28:034:03+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:034:03+1 AM–29:415:41+1 AMgood
Udvega29:415:41+1 AM–31:197:19+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:197:19+1 AM

07:197:19 AM sunrise18:156:15 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 09:569:56 AM
Tṛtīyāuntil 30:376:37+1 AM
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 11:5011:50 AM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 09:309:30 AM
Siddhiuntil 29:335:33+1 AM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 09:569:56 AM
Taitilauntil 20:138:13 PM
Garauntil 30:376:37+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:4712:47 PM–14:092:09 PM
Pradoṣa 18:156:15 PM–20:008:00 PM
Niśītha 24:2312:23+1 AM–25:111:11+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. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  3. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  4. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  5. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:092:09 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 57 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:008:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:111:11+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  12. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  13. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  14. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā09:569:56 AMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraŚravaṇa11:5011:50 AMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVajra09:309:30 AMSiddhi
KaraṇaKaulava09:569:56 AMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra31:19 07:197:19 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 917
Day length
10 h 57 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
09:069:06 AM
Moonset
20:248:24 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:345:34 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:345:34 AM06:266:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:006:00 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:418:41 AM10:0310:03 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:309:30 AM11:4111:41 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:2511:25 AM12:4712:47 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2312:23 PM13:111:11 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2512:25 PM13:091:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:4712:47 PM14:092:09 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:531:53 PM16:044:04 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:372:37 PM15:203:20 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:243:24 PM16:504:50 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:044:04 PM18:156:15 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:156:15 PM20:008:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:156:15 PM18:426:42 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:156:15 PM19:347:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:0012:00+1 AM25:261:26+1 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:2312:23+1 AM25:111:11+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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