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Wednesday 11 December 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 21:109:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:3111:31 PM.

Observed here on this day

Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī

Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:277:27 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:179:17 AM

Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.

Noon

12:1112:11 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 29 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1112:11 PM
At noon, 12:1112:11 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 139° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 88% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 139° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

07:277:27 AM–09:209:20 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:305:30 AM–06:296:29 AM
  • Vijaya13:461:46 PM–14:242:24 PM
  • Godhūli16:564:56 PM–17:255:25 PM
  • Amṛta kāla30:346:34 AM+1–32:218:21 AM+1

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:388:38 AM–09:499:49 AM
  • Gulika11:0011:00 AM–12:1112:11 PM
  • Durmuhūrta11:5211:52 AM–12:3012:30 PM
  • Rāhu kāla12:1112:11 PM–13:221:22 PM
  • Varjya19:567:56 PM–21:429:42 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

Lābha07:277:27 AM–08:388:38 AMgood
Amṛta08:388:38 AM–09:499:49 AMgood
Kāla09:499:49 AM–11:0011:00 AMavoid
Śubha11:0011:00 AM–12:1112:11 PMgood
Roga12:1112:11 PM–13:221:22 PMavoid
Udvega13:221:22 PM–14:342:34 PMavoid
Cara14:342:34 PM–15:453:45 PMneutral
Lābha15:453:45 PM–16:564:56 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:564:56 PM–18:456:45 PMavoid
Śubha18:456:45 PM–20:348:34 PMgood
Amṛta20:348:34 PM–22:2310:23 PMgood
Cara22:2310:23 PM–24:1212:12 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1212:12 AM+1–26:012:01 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:012:01 AM+1–27:503:50 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:503:50 AM+1–29:385:38 AM+1good
Udvega29:385:38 AM+1–31:277:27 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:277:27 AM to 31:277:27 AM+1

07:277:27 AM sunrise16:564:56 PM sunsetsunrise 31:277:27 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 23:3111:31 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 09:179:17 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 17:005:00 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:2310:23 AM
Bālavauntil 23:3111:31 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1112:11 PM–13:221:22 PM
Pradoṣa 16:564:56 PM–18:526:52 PM
Niśītha 23:4811:48 PM–24:3612:36 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. SunriseDvādaśī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:221:22 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 29 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:526:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  8. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:3612:36 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī23:3111:31 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraAśvinī09:179:17 AMBharaṇī
YogaParigha17:005:00 PMŚiva
KaraṇaBava10:2310:23 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:27 07:277:27 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1997
Śaka
1862
Kali
5041
Ahargaṇa
1 841 509
Day length
9 h 29 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
14:512:51 PM
Moonset
28:384:38 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:305:30 AM07:277:27 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:305:30 AM06:296:29 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:595:59 AM07:277:27 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:277:27 AM09:209:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa08:388:38 AM09:499:49 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgava09:209:20 AM11:1411:14 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika11:0011:00 AM12:1112:11 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhna11:4711:47 AM12:3512:35 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrta11:5211:52 AM12:3012:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla12:1112:11 PM13:221:22 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇa13:081:08 PM15:023:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya13:461:46 PM14:242:24 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:023:02 PM16:564:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa16:564:56 PM18:526:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:564:56 PM17:255:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:564:56 PM18:236:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya19:567:56 PM21:429:42 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:4811:48 PM24:3612:36 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla30:346:34 AM+132:218:21 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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