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Tuesday 23 April 1940 · Tehran, Iran

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 05:015:01 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:182:18 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:225:22 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:557:55 AM

Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 21 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 196° ahead of it, in Viśākhā, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 196° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:573:57 AM–04:404:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:184:18 AM–05:225:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3611:36 AM–12:3012:30 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:162:16 PM–15:103:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:084:08 PM–17:365:36 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:446:44 PM–19:057:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:446:44 PM–19:477:47 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:207:20 AM–08:488:48 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:038:03 AM–08:568:56 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:438:43 AM–10:2310:23 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0312:03 PM–13:431:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:233:23 PM–17:035:03 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:5910:59 PM–23:4111:41 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya27:583:58 AM+1–29:285:28 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

Roga05:225:22 AM–07:027:02 AMavoid
Udvega07:027:02 AM–08:438:43 AMavoid
Cara08:438:43 AM–10:2310:23 AMneutral
Lābha10:2310:23 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Amṛta12:0312:03 PM–13:431:43 PMgood
Kāla13:431:43 PM–15:233:23 PMavoid
Śubha15:233:23 PM–17:035:03 PMgood
Roga17:035:03 PM–18:446:44 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:446:44 PM–20:038:03 PMavoid
Lābha20:038:03 PM–21:239:23 PMgood
Udvega21:239:23 PM–22:4310:43 PMavoid
Śubha22:4310:43 PM–24:0212:02 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0212:02 AM+1–25:221:22 AM+1good
Cara25:221:22 AM+1–26:422:42 AM+1neutral
Roga26:422:42 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:014:01 AM+1–29:215:21 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:225:22 AM to 29:215:21 AM+1

05:225:22 AM sunrise18:446:44 PM sunsetsunrise 29:215:21 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 26:182:18 AM+1
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 24:1212:12 AM+1
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 07:557:55 AM
Vyatīpātauntil 28:384:38 AM+1
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 15:363:36 PM
Garauntil 26:182:18 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3611:36 AM–12:3012:30 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:233:23 PM–17:035:03 PM
Pradoṣa 18:446:44 PM–20:098:09 PM
Niśītha 23:3811:38 PM–24:2612:26 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. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3012:30 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:035:03 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 21 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:098:09 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2612:26 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  10. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā26:18 02:182:18 AM WedTṛtīyā
NakṣatraViśākhā24:12 00:1212:12 AM WedAnurādhā
YogaSiddhi07:557:55 AMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaTaitila15:363:36 PMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:21 05:215:21 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1997
Śaka
1862
Kali
5041
Ahargaṇa
1 841 277
Day length
13 h 21 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
20:178:17 PM
Moonset
06:106:10 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:573:57 AM05:225:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:573:57 AM04:404:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:184:18 AM05:225:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:225:22 AM08:038:03 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:207:20 AM08:488:48 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:038:03 AM10:4310:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:038:03 AM08:568:56 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:438:43 AM10:2310:23 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3611:36 AM12:3012:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:431:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:231:23 PM16:034:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:162:16 PM15:103:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:233:23 PM17:035:03 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:034:03 PM18:446:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:084:08 PM17:365:36 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:446:44 PM20:098:09 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:446:44 PM19:057:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:446:44 PM19:477:47 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:5910:59 PM23:4111:41 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3811:38 PM24:2612:26 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:583:58 AM+129:285:28 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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