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Saturday 21 December 2002 · Tehran, Iran

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 23:0411:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5910:59 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:107:10 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:0511:05 AM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 199° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 199° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:165:16 AM–06:136:13 AM
  • Abhijit11:4311:43 AM–12:2212:22 PM
  • Vijaya13:401:40 PM–14:182:18 PM
  • Godhūli16:544:54 PM–17:235:23 PM
  • Amṛta kāla26:512:51 AM+1–28:294:29 AM+1

Avoid

  • Gulika07:107:10 AM–08:238:23 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:107:10 AM–07:497:49 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:497:49 AM–08:288:28 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:369:36 AM–10:4910:49 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PM
  • Varjya17:065:06 PM–18:436:43 PM

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

Kāla07:107:10 AM–08:238:23 AMavoid
Śubha08:238:23 AM–09:369:36 AMgood
Roga09:369:36 AM–10:4910:49 AMavoid
Udvega10:4910:49 AM–12:0212:02 PMavoid
Cara12:0212:02 PM–13:151:15 PMneutral
Lābha13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PMgood
Amṛta14:282:28 PM–15:413:41 PMgood
Kāla15:413:41 PM–16:544:54 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:544:54 PM–18:416:41 PMgood
Udvega18:416:41 PM–20:288:28 PMavoid
Śubha20:288:28 PM–22:1510:15 PMgood
Amṛta22:1510:15 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1good
Cara24:0312:03 AM+1–25:501:50 AM+1neutral
Roga25:501:50 AM+1–27:373:37 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:373:37 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:245:24 AM+1–31:117:11 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:107:10 AM to 31:117:11 AM+1

07:107:10 AM sunrise16:544:54 PM sunsetsunrise 31:117:11 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 22:5910:59 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Punarvasuuntil 29:175:17 AM+1
Puṣyapast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 18:566:56 PM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 11:0511:05 AM
Garauntil 22:5910:59 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:369:36 AM–10:4910:49 AM
Abhijit 11:4311:43 AM–12:2212:22 PM
Pradoṣa 16:544:54 PM–18:486:48 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27 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 10:4910:49 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2212:22 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 44 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:486:48 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. PuṣyaNakṣatra: Punarvasu ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā22:5910:59 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPunarvasu29:17 05:175:17 AM SunPuṣya
YogaBrahma18:566:56 PMIndra
KaraṇaTaitila11:0511:05 AMGara
VāraŚanivāra31:11 07:117:11 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 164
Day length
9 h 44 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
18:226:22 PM
Moonset
08:358:35 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:165:16 AM07:107:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:165:16 AM06:136:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:455:45 AM07:107:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:107:10 AM09:079:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika07:107:10 AM08:238:23 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta07:107:10 AM07:497:49 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta07:497:49 AM08:288:28 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:079:07 AM11:0411:04 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla09:369:36 AM10:4910:49 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhna11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:4311:43 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:011:01 PM14:572:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa13:151:15 PM14:282:28 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya13:401:40 PM14:182:18 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna14:572:57 PM16:544:54 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa16:544:54 PM18:486:48 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:544:54 PM17:235:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:544:54 PM18:206:20 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya17:065:06 PM18:436:43 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla26:512:51 AM+128:294:29 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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