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Friday 9 January 1998 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:194:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:033:03 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:377:37 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:2310:23 AM

Kṛttikā gives way to Rohiṇī.

Noon

12:2512:25 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 36 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2512:25 PM
At noon, 12:2512:25 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 136° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 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

13:231:23 PM–15:183:18 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM–06:396:39 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:116:11 AM–07:377:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla08:048:04 AM–09:379:37 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:0612:06 PM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:402:40 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:135:13 PM–17:425:42 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:135:13 PM–18:406:40 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:426:42 AM+1–32:168:16 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:498:49 AM–10:0110:01 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:329:32 AM–10:1110:11 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:1311:13 AM–12:2512:25 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4412:44 PM–13:231:23 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:492:49 PM–16:014:01 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya26:012:01 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1a 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

Cara07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMneutral
Lābha08:498:49 AM–10:0110:01 AMgood
Amṛta10:0110:01 AM–11:1311:13 AMgood
Kāla11:1311:13 AM–12:2512:25 PMavoid
Śubha12:2512:25 PM–13:371:37 PMgood
Roga13:371:37 PM–14:492:49 PMavoid
Udvega14:492:49 PM–16:014:01 PMavoid
Cara16:014:01 PM–17:135:13 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga17:135:13 PM–19:017:01 PMavoid
Kāla19:017:01 PM–20:498:49 PMavoid
Lābha20:498:49 PM–22:3710:37 PMgood
Udvega22:3710:37 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:2512:25 AM+1–26:132:13 AM+1good
Amṛta26:132:13 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1good
Cara28:014:01 AM+1–29:495:49 AM+1neutral
Roga29:495:49 AM+1–31:377:37 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:377:37 AM to 31:377:37 AM+1

07:377:37 AM sunrise17:135:13 PM sunsetsunrise 31:377:37 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 27:033:03 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 10:2310:23 AM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 13:271:27 PM
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:393:39 PM
Bālavauntil 27:033:03 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:1311:13 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Abhijit 12:0612:06 PM–12:4412:44 PM
Pradoṣa 17:135:13 PM–19:087:08 PM
Niśītha 24:0112:01 AM+1–24:4912:49 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:2512:25 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 36 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:087:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī27:03 03:033:03 AM SatTrayodaśī
NakṣatraKṛttikā10:2310:23 AMRohiṇī
YogaŚubha13:271:27 PMŚukla
KaraṇaBava15:393:39 PMBālava
VāraŚukravāra31:37 07:377:37 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 357
Day length
9 h 36 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
14:332:33 PM
Moonset
28:524:52 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:425:42 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:425:42 AM06:396:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:116:11 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:377:37 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra08:048:04 AM09:379:37 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:498:49 AM10:0110:01 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:329:32 AM11:2811:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:329:32 AM10:1110:11 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:1311:13 AM12:2512:25 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0112:01 PM12:4912:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0612:06 PM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4412:44 PM13:231:23 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:231:23 PM15:183:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:402:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:492:49 PM16:014:01 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:183:18 PM17:135:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:135:13 PM19:087:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:135:13 PM17:425:42 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:135:13 PM18:406:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01 AM+124:4912:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:012:01 AM+127:353:35 AM+1sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:426:42 AM+132:168:16 AM+1sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
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