Wednesday 23 September 2026 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:1412:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:211:21 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:076:07 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3911:39 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 12 h 07 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:316:31 AM–08:328:32 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Parivartanī Ekādaśī
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
06:076:07 AM to 30:086:08 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Dvādaśī | 25:21 01:211:21 AM Thu | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 11:3911:39 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 18:576:57 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:5212:52 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:08 06:086:08 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:324:32 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:324:32 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:564:56 AM | 06:076:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:076:07 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 07:387:38 AM | 09:089:08 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:328:32 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 10:3910:39 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kāla | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:411:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:231:23 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:122:12 PM | 15:003:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:493:49 PM | 18:146:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 15:543:54 PM | 17:355:35 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 18:146:14 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:146:14 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:146:14 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 26:042:04 AM+1 | 27:463:46 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |