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Wednesday 19 December 2018 · Budapest, Hungary

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 03:053:05 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:561:56 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī

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

At sunrise

07:287:28 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:362:36 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:4111:41 AM

The Sun 19° above S. Day length 8 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBudapest11:4111:41 AM
At noon, 11:4111:41 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 137° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 137° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

08:488:48 AM–09:099:09 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:235:23 AM–06:266:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:545:54 AM–07:287:28 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:051:05 PM–13:391:39 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:543:54 PM–16:254:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:543:54 PM–17:275:27 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:596:59 PM–20:338:33 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:318:31 AM–09:349:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:339:33 AM–11:0811:08 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika10:3810:38 AM–11:4111:41 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2411:24 AM–11:5811:58 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4111:41 AM–12:4412:44 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha07:287:28 AM–08:318:31 AMgood
Amṛta08:318:31 AM–09:349:34 AMgood
Kāla09:349:34 AM–10:3810:38 AMavoid
Śubha10:3810:38 AM–11:4111:41 AMgood
Roga11:4111:41 AM–12:4412:44 PMavoid
Udvega12:4412:44 PM–13:471:47 PMavoid
Cara13:471:47 PM–14:512:51 PMneutral
Lābha14:512:51 PM–15:543:54 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega15:543:54 PM–17:515:51 PMavoid
Śubha17:515:51 PM–19:477:47 PMgood
Amṛta19:477:47 PM–21:449:44 PMgood
Cara21:449:44 PM–23:4111:41 PMneutral
Roga23:4111:41 PM–25:381:38 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:381:38 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:353:35 AM+1–29:325:32 AM+1good
Udvega29:325:32 AM+1–31:287:28 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:287:28 AM to 31:287:28 AM+1

07:287:28 AM sunrise15:543:54 PM sunsetsunrise 31:287:28 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 25:561:56 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 23:4211:42 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 17:255:25 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:362:36 PM
Bālavauntil 25:561:56 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4111:41 AM–12:4412:44 PM
Pradoṣa 15:543:54 PM–17:585:58 PM
Niśītha 23:1711:17 PM–24:0512:05 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. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:4412:44 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 26 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 17:585:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:0512:05 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  9. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī25:56 01:561:56 AM ThuTrayodaśī
NakṣatraBharaṇī23:4211:42 PMKṛttikā
YogaŚiva17:255:25 PMSiddha
KaraṇaBava14:362:36 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:28 07:287:28 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 870 006
Day length
8 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
13:591:59 PM
Moonset
28:194:19 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:235:23 AM07:287:28 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:235:23 AM06:266:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:545:54 AM07:287:28 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:287:28 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:318:31 AM09:349:34 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM10:5010:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:339:33 AM11:0811:08 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3810:38 AM11:4111:41 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2411:24 AM11:5811:58 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4111:41 AM12:4412:44 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3112:31 PM14:132:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:051:05 PM13:391:39 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:132:13 PM15:543:54 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:543:54 PM17:585:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:543:54 PM16:254:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:543:54 PM17:275:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:596:59 PM20:338:33 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1711:17 PM24:0512:05 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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