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December 1962 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Śukla to Pauṣa ŚuklaThe month ›

Saturday 8 December 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Śanivāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:304:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:361:36 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī

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

At sunrise

07:247:24 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:5110:51 AM

Varīyān gives way to Parigha.

Noon

12:1012:10 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 32 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1012:10 PM
At noon, 12:1012:10 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 136° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 136° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

13:071:07 PM–15:013:01 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:285:28 AM–06:266:26 AM
  • Abhijit11:5111:51 AM–12:2912:29 PM
  • Amṛta kāla13:211:21 PM–14:482:48 PM
  • Vijaya13:451:45 PM–14:232:23 PM
  • Godhūli16:564:56 PM–17:255:25 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika07:247:24 AM–08:358:35 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:247:24 AM–08:028:02 AM
  • Durmuhūrta08:028:02 AM–08:408:40 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:479:47 AM–10:5810:58 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:211:21 PM–14:332:33 PM
  • Varjya16:164:16 PM–17:435:43 PM
  • Varjya28:384:38 AM+1–30:056:05 AM+1

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

Kāla07:247:24 AM–08:358:35 AMavoid
Śubha08:358:35 AM–09:479:47 AMgood
Roga09:479:47 AM–10:5810:58 AMavoid
Udvega10:5810:58 AM–12:1012:10 PMavoid
Cara12:1012:10 PM–13:211:21 PMneutral
Lābha13:211:21 PM–14:332:33 PMgood
Amṛta14:332:33 PM–15:443:44 PMgood
Kāla15:443:44 PM–16:564:56 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:564:56 PM–18:446:44 PMgood
Udvega18:446:44 PM–20:338:33 PMavoid
Śubha20:338:33 PM–22:2210:22 PMgood
Amṛta22:2210:22 PM–24:1012:10 AM+1good
Cara24:1012:10 AM+1–25:591:59 AM+1neutral
Roga25:591:59 AM+1–27:473:47 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:473:47 AM+1–29:365:36 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:365:36 AM+1–31:257:25 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:247:24 AM to 31:257:25 AM+1

07:247:24 AM sunrise16:564:56 PM sunsetsunrise 31:257:25 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 25:361:36 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 19:547:54 PM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 10:5110:51 AM
Parighauntil 31:157:15 AM+1
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:043:04 PM
Bālavauntil 25:361:36 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:479:47 AM–10:5810:58 AM
Abhijit 11:5111:51 AM–12:2912:29 PM
Pradoṣa 16:564:56 PM–18:526:52 PM
Niśītha 23:4611:46 PM–24:3412:34 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:5810:58 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2912:29 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 32 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:526:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3412:34 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  13. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī25:36 01:361:36 AM SunTrayodaśī
NakṣatraAśvinī19:547:54 PMBharaṇī
YogaVarīyān10:5110:51 AMParigha
KaraṇaBava15:043:04 PMBālava
VāraŚanivāra31:25 07:257:25 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2019
Śaka
1884
Kali
5063
Ahargaṇa
1 849 541
Day length
9 h 32 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
15:023:02 PM
Moonset
28:264:26 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:285:28 AM07:247:24 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:285:28 AM06:266:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:575:57 AM07:247:24 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:247:24 AM09:189:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika07:247:24 AM08:358:35 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta07:247:24 AM08:028:02 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta08:028:02 AM08:408:40 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:189:18 AM11:1311:13 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla09:479:47 AM10:5810:58 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhna11:4611:46 AM12:3412:34 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:5111:51 AM12:2912:29 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:071:07 PM15:013:01 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla13:211:21 PM14:482:48 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Yamagaṇḍa13:211:21 PM14:332:33 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya13:451:45 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:013:01 PM16:564:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya16:164:16 PM17:435:43 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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
Niśītha23:4611:46 PM24:3412:34 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya28:384:38 AM+130:056:05 AM+1sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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