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Tuesday 23 April 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 01:441:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:053:05 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

04:584:58 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:212:21 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 13 h 42 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 317° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 14% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 317° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

13:111:11 PM–15:563:56 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Varūthinī Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:363:36 AM–04:174:17 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:563:56 AM–04:584:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2211:22 AM–12:1712:17 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:062:06 PM–15:013:01 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:313:31 PM–17:155:15 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:406:40 PM–19:017:01 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:406:40 PM–19:427:42 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya05:105:10 AM–06:546:54 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta07:437:43 AM–08:378:37 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:248:24 AM–10:0610:06 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4911:49 AM–13:321:32 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:153:15 PM–16:574:57 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4710:47 PM–23:2811:28 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga04:584:58 AM–06:416:41 AMavoid
Udvega06:416:41 AM–08:248:24 AMavoid
Cara08:248:24 AM–10:0610:06 AMneutral
Lābha10:0610:06 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Amṛta11:4911:49 AM–13:321:32 PMgood
Kāla13:321:32 PM–15:153:15 PMavoid
Śubha15:153:15 PM–16:574:57 PMgood
Roga16:574:57 PM–18:406:40 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:406:40 PM–19:577:57 PMavoid
Lābha19:577:57 PM–21:149:14 PMgood
Udvega21:149:14 PM–22:3110:31 PMavoid
Śubha22:3110:31 PM–23:4811:48 PMgood
Amṛta23:4811:48 PM–25:061:06 AM+1good
Cara25:061:06 AM+1–26:232:23 AM+1neutral
Roga26:232:23 AM+1–27:403:40 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:403:40 AM+1–28:574:57 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:584:58 AM to 28:574:57 AM+1

04:584:58 AM sunrise18:406:40 PM sunsetsunrise 28:574:57 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 27:053:05 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 24:0912:09 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Indrauntil 28:554:55 AM+1
Vaidhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 14:212:21 PM
Taitilauntil 27:053:05 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2211:22 AM–12:1712:17 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:153:15 PM–16:574:57 PM
Pradoṣa 18:406:40 PM–20:028:02 PM
Niśītha 23:2411:24 PM–24:1212:12 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:1712:17 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:574:57 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 42 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:028:02 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:1212:12 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. VaidhṛtiYoga: Indra ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvādaśī27:05 03:053:05 AM WedTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā24:09 00:0912:09 AM WedUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaIndra28:55 04:554:55 AM WedVaidhṛti
KaraṇaKaulava14:212:21 PMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra28:57 04:574:57 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2025
Śaka
1890
Kali
5069
Ahargaṇa
1 851 504
Day length
13 h 42 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
27:493:49 AM+1
Moonset
14:562:56 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:363:36 AM04:584:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:363:36 AM04:174:17 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:563:56 AM04:584:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:584:58 AM07:437:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra05:105:10 AM06:546:54 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:437:43 AM10:2710:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:437:43 AM08:378:37 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:248:24 AM10:0610:06 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2211:22 AM12:1712:17 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:321:32 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:111:11 PM15:563:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:062:06 PM15:013:01 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:153:15 PM16:574:57 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:313:31 PM17:155:15 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:563:56 PM18:406:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:406:40 PM20:028:02 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:406:40 PM19:017:01 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:406:40 PM19:427:42 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4710:47 PM23:2811:28 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2411:24 PM24:1212:12 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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