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Monday 24 December 2012 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 05:495:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:338:33 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī

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

At sunrise

06:296:29 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:186:18 PM

Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.

Noon

11:5211:52 AM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram11:5211:52 AM
At noon, 11:5211:52 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 135° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 85% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 135° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

12:5712:57 PM–15:063:06 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:444:44 AM–05:365:36 AM
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:1412:14 PM
  • Amṛta kāla12:5312:53 PM–14:412:41 PM
  • Vijaya13:401:40 PM–14:232:23 PM
  • Godhūli17:155:15 PM–17:425:42 PM

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:507:50 AM–09:119:11 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3210:32 AM–11:5211:52 AM
  • Durmuhūrta12:1412:14 PM–12:5712:57 PM
  • Gulika13:131:13 PM–14:342:34 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:232:23 PM–15:063:06 PM

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

Amṛta06:296:29 AM–07:507:50 AMgood
Kāla07:507:50 AM–09:119:11 AMavoid
Śubha09:119:11 AM–10:3210:32 AMgood
Roga10:3210:32 AM–11:5211:52 AMavoid
Udvega11:5211:52 AM–13:131:13 PMavoid
Cara13:131:13 PM–14:342:34 PMneutral
Lābha14:342:34 PM–15:543:54 PMgood
Amṛta15:543:54 PM–17:155:15 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:155:15 PM–18:556:55 PMneutral
Roga18:556:55 PM–20:348:34 PMavoid
Kāla20:348:34 PM–22:1310:13 PMavoid
Lābha22:1310:13 PM–23:5311:53 PMgood
Udvega23:5311:53 PM–25:321:32 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:321:32 AM+1–27:113:11 AM+1good
Amṛta27:113:11 AM+1–28:514:51 AM+1good
Cara28:514:51 AM+1–30:306:30 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:296:29 AM to 30:306:30 AM+1

06:296:29 AM sunrise17:155:15 PM sunsetsunrise 30:306:30 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 18:186:18 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 26:182:18 AM+1
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 19:107:10 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:507:50 AM–09:119:11 AM
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:1412:14 PM
Pradoṣa 17:155:15 PM–19:017:01 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:119:11 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1412:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 46 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:017:01 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśīpast sunriseTrayodaśī
NakṣatraBharaṇī18:186:18 PMKṛttikā
YogaSiddha26:18 02:182:18 AM TueSādhya
KaraṇaBava19:107:10 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:30 06:306:30 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 820
Day length
10 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
14:152:15 PM
Moonset
27:403:40 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:444:44 AM06:296:29 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:444:44 AM05:365:36 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:105:10 AM06:296:29 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla06:296:29 AM08:398:39 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla07:507:50 AM09:119:11 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgava08:398:39 AM10:4810:48 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa10:3210:32 AM11:5211:52 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhna11:2811:28 AM12:1612:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:3111:31 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta12:1412:14 PM12:5712:57 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla12:5312:53 PM14:412:41 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇa12:5712:57 PM15:063:06 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika13:131:13 PM14:342:34 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijaya13:401:40 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:232:23 PM15:063:06 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:063:06 PM17:155:15 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:155:15 PM19:017:01 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:155:15 PM17:425:42 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:155:15 PM18:356:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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