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Tuesday 20 February 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Phālguna Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 04:344:34 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:082:08+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:577:57 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:173:17 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:271:27 PM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 11 h 00 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:271:27 PM
At noon, 13:271:27 PM, the Sun is in Śatabhiṣā and the Moon 17° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 17° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:136:13 AM–07:057:05 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:396:39 AM–07:577:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:051:05 PM–13:491:49 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:173:17 PM–16:014:01 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:576:57 PM–19:237:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:576:57 PM–20:158:15 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:399:39 PM–23:0811:08 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta10:0910:09 AM–10:5310:53 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4210:42 AM–12:0512:05 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:4312:43 PM–14:122:12 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika13:271:27 PM–14:502:50 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:124:12 PM–17:355:35 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta24:0912:09+1 AM–25:011:01+1 AMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:577:57 AM–09:199:19 AMavoid
Udvega09:199:19 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Cara10:4210:42 AM–12:0512:05 PMneutral
Lābha12:0512:05 PM–13:271:27 PMgood
Amṛta13:271:27 PM–14:502:50 PMgood
Kāla14:502:50 PM–16:124:12 PMavoid
Śubha16:124:12 PM–17:355:35 PMgood
Roga17:355:35 PM–18:576:57 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:576:57 PM–20:358:35 PMavoid
Lābha20:358:35 PM–22:1210:12 PMgood
Udvega22:1210:12 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Śubha23:4911:49 PM–25:261:26+1 AMgood
Amṛta25:261:26+1 AM–27:043:04+1 AMgood
Cara27:043:04+1 AM–28:414:41+1 AMneutral
Roga28:414:41+1 AM–30:186:18+1 AMavoid
Kāla30:186:18+1 AM–31:567:56+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:577:57 AM sunrise18:576:57 PM sunsetsunrise 31:567:56+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 26:082:08+1 AM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 29:065:06+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 27:263:26+1 AM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:173:17 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:082:08+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 13:051:05 PM–13:491:49 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:124:12 PM–17:355:35 PM
Pradoṣa 18:576:57 PM–20:418:41 PM
Niśītha 25:021:02+1 AM–25:501:50+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:491:49 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:355:35 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 00 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:418:41 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:501:50+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā26:08 02:082:08 AM WedTṛtīyā
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā29:06 05:065:06 AM WedUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddha27:26 03:263:26 AM WedSādhya
KaraṇaBālava15:173:17 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:56 07:567:56 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2052
Śaka
1917
Kali
5096
Ahargaṇa
1 861 668
Day length
11 h 00 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
08:288:28 AM
Moonset
20:368:36 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:136:13 AM07:577:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:136:13 AM07:057:05 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:396:39 AM07:577:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:577:57 AM10:0910:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:0910:09 AM12:2112:21 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:0910:09 AM10:5310:53 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM12:0512:05 PMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:4312:43 PM14:122:12 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday13:031:03 PM13:511:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:051:05 PM13:491:49 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:271:27 PM14:502:50 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:332:33 PM16:454:45 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:173:17 PM16:014:01 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:124:12 PM17:355:35 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:454:45 PM18:576:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:576:57 PM20:418:41 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:576:57 PM19:237:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:576:57 PM20:158:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:399:39 PM23:0811:08 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:0912:09+1 AM25:011:01+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight25:021:02+1 AM25:501:50+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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