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Tuesday 6 April 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Caitra Śukla Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:084:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:466:46 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:265:26 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:449:44 AM

Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 55° above S. Day length 12 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 135° ahead of it, in Maghā, 86% 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

13:111:11 PM–15:463:46 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Kāmadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:573:57 AM–04:424:42 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:204:20 AM–05:265:26 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2811:28 AM–12:1912:19 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:032:03 PM–14:542:54 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:216:21 PM–18:436:43 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:216:21 PM–19:277:27 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:227:22 PM–21:119:11 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:018:01 AM–08:538:53 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya08:338:33 AM–10:2110:21 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:408:40 AM–10:1710:17 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5411:54 AM–13:301:30 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:073:07 PM–16:444:44 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4610:46 PM–23:3111:31 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

Roga05:265:26 AM–07:037:03 AMavoid
Udvega07:037:03 AM–08:408:40 AMavoid
Cara08:408:40 AM–10:1710:17 AMneutral
Lābha10:1710:17 AM–11:5411:54 AMgood
Amṛta11:5411:54 AM–13:301:30 PMgood
Kāla13:301:30 PM–15:073:07 PMavoid
Śubha15:073:07 PM–16:444:44 PMgood
Roga16:444:44 PM–18:216:21 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:216:21 PM–19:447:44 PMavoid
Lābha19:447:44 PM–21:079:07 PMgood
Udvega21:079:07 PM–22:3010:30 PMavoid
Śubha22:3010:30 PM–23:5311:53 PMgood
Amṛta23:5311:53 PM–25:161:16 AM+1good
Cara25:161:16 AM+1–26:392:39 AM+1neutral
Roga26:392:39 AM+1–28:024:02 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:024:02 AM+1–29:255:25 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:265:26 AM to 29:255:25 AM+1

05:265:26 AM sunrise18:216:21 PM sunsetsunrise 29:255:25 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāuntil 22:0510:05 PM
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 09:449:44 AM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 17:265:26 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2811:28 AM–12:1912:19 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:073:07 PM–16:444:44 PM
Pradoṣa 18:216:21 PM–19:497:49 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1912:19 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:444:44 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 55 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:497:49 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. Pūrva PhalgunīNakṣatra: Maghā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśīpast sunriseTrayodaśī
NakṣatraMaghā22:0510:05 PMPūrva Phalgunī
YogaŚūla09:449:44 AMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava17:265:26 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:25 05:255:25 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2028
Śaka
1893
Kali
5072
Ahargaṇa
1 852 582
Day length
12 h 55 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
14:392:39 PM
Moonset
27:553:55 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:573:57 AM05:265:26 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:573:57 AM04:424:42 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:204:20 AM05:265:26 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:265:26 AM08:018:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:018:01 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:018:01 AM08:538:53 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:338:33 AM10:2110:21 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:408:40 AM10:1710:17 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2811:28 AM12:1912:19 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5411:54 AM13:301:30 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:111:11 PM15:463:46 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:032:03 PM14:542:54 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:073:07 PM16:444:44 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:463:46 PM18:216:21 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:216:21 PM19:497:49 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:216:21 PM18:436:43 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:216:21 PM19:277:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:227:22 PM21:119:11 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4610:46 PM23:3111:31 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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