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Wednesday 20 December 1950 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Ekādaśī

Budhavāra. Ekādaśī began at 06:006:00 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:248:24 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoAkhaṇḍa Dvādaśī determinate

At sunrise

07:327:32 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:248:24 AM

Ekādaśī gives way to Dvādaśī.

Noon

12:1512:15 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1512:15 PM
At noon, 12:1512:15 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 134° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 85% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 134° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:365:36 AM–06:346:34 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:056:05 AM–07:327:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:501:50 PM–14:272:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:584:58 PM–17:285:28 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:584:58 PM–18:266:26 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:5011:50 PM–25:381:38 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:438:43 AM–09:549:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:0511:05 AM–12:1512:15 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5711:57 AM–12:3412:34 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1512:15 PM–13:261:26 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:031:03 PM–14:512:51 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

Lābha07:327:32 AM–08:438:43 AMgood
Amṛta08:438:43 AM–09:549:54 AMgood
Kāla09:549:54 AM–11:0511:05 AMavoid
Śubha11:0511:05 AM–12:1512:15 PMgood
Roga12:1512:15 PM–13:261:26 PMavoid
Udvega13:261:26 PM–14:372:37 PMavoid
Cara14:372:37 PM–15:483:48 PMneutral
Lābha15:483:48 PM–16:584:58 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:584:58 PM–18:486:48 PMavoid
Śubha18:486:48 PM–20:378:37 PMgood
Amṛta20:378:37 PM–22:2610:26 PMgood
Cara22:2610:26 PM–24:1612:16 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1612:16 AM+1–26:052:05 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:052:05 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:543:54 AM+1–29:445:44 AM+1good
Udvega29:445:44 AM+1–31:337:33 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:327:32 AM to 31:337:33 AM+1

07:327:32 AM sunrise16:584:58 PM sunsetsunrise 31:337:33 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 08:248:24 AM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 29:145:14 AM+1
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 19:257:25 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 08:248:24 AM
Bavauntil 21:419:41 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1512:15 PM–13:261:26 PM
Pradoṣa 16:584:58 PM–18:556:55 PM
Niśītha 23:5211:52 PM–24:4012:40 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. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:261:26 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:556:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4012:40 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ekādaśī08:248:24 AMDvādaśī
NakṣatraBharaṇī29:14 05:145:14 AM ThuKṛttikā
YogaŚiva19:257:25 PMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi08:248:24 AMBava
VāraBudhavāra31:33 07:337:33 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2007
Śaka
1872
Kali
5051
Ahargaṇa
1 845 170
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
13:571:57 PM
Moonset
28:394:39 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:365:36 AM07:327:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:365:36 AM06:346:34 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:056:05 AM07:327:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:327:32 AM09:269:26 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:438:43 AM09:549:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:269:26 AM11:1911:19 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:0511:05 AM12:1512:15 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5111:51 AM12:3912:39 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5711:57 AM12:3412:34 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1512:15 PM13:261:26 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:031:03 PM14:512:51 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:053:05 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:501:50 PM14:272:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:053:05 PM16:584:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:584:58 PM18:556:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:584:58 PM17:285:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:584:58 PM18:266:26 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:5011:50 PM25:381:38 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5211:52 PM24:4012:40 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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