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Monday 30 December 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 02:262:26 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:594:59 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:413:41 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 10 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 136° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 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

09:049:04 AM–09:089:08 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:196:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3511:35 AM–12:1212:12 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:251:25 PM–14:022:02 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:284:28 PM–16:584:58 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:284:28 PM–17:575:57 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:251:25 AM+1–27:133:13 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:278:27 AM–09:369:36 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4510:45 AM–11:5311:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1212:12 PM–12:4812:48 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:021:02 PM–14:112:11 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:022:02 PM–14:382:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya14:382:38 PM–16:264:26 PMa 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

Amṛta07:187:18 AM–08:278:27 AMgood
Kāla08:278:27 AM–09:369:36 AMavoid
Śubha09:369:36 AM–10:4510:45 AMgood
Roga10:4510:45 AM–11:5311:53 AMavoid
Udvega11:5311:53 AM–13:021:02 PMavoid
Cara13:021:02 PM–14:112:11 PMneutral
Lābha14:112:11 PM–15:203:20 PMgood
Amṛta15:203:20 PM–16:284:28 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:284:28 PM–18:206:20 PMneutral
Roga18:206:20 PM–20:118:11 PMavoid
Kāla20:118:11 PM–22:0210:02 PMavoid
Lābha22:0210:02 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Udvega23:5411:54 PM–25:451:45 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:451:45 AM+1–27:363:36 AM+1good
Amṛta27:363:36 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1good
Cara29:275:27 AM+1–31:197:19 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise16:284:28 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 28:594:59 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 28:074:07 AM+1
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 22:2510:25 PM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:413:41 PM
Bālavauntil 28:594:59 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:278:27 AM–09:369:36 AM
Abhijit 11:3511:35 AM–12:1212:12 PM
Pradoṣa 16:284:28 PM–18:276:27 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18 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 09:369:36 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1212:12 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 10 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:276:27 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī28:59 04:594:59 AM TueTrayodaśī
NakṣatraKṛttikā28:07 04:074:07 AM TueRohiṇī
YogaSādhya22:2510:25 PMŚubha
KaraṇaBava15:413:41 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:19 07:197:19 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2025
Śaka
1890
Kali
5069
Ahargaṇa
1 851 755
Day length
9 h 10 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
13:171:17 PM
Moonset
28:514:51 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:196:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:278:27 AM09:369:36 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5810:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4510:45 AM11:5311:53 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3511:35 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1212:12 PM12:4812:48 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4812:48 PM14:382:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:021:02 PM14:112:11 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:251:25 PM14:022:02 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:022:02 PM14:382:38 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:382:38 PM16:264:26 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening14:382:38 PM16:284:28 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:284:28 PM18:276:27 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:284:28 PM16:584:58 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:284:28 PM17:575:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:251:25 AM+127:133:13 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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