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Monday 13 December 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 06:466:46 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:588:58+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:107:10 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

19:547:54 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:4511:45 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:4511:45 AM
At noon, 11:4511:45 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 314° ahead of it, in Svātī, 15% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 314° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

13:191:19 PM–14:302:30 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Saphalā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:115:11 AM–06:106:10 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:415:41 AM–07:107:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:0312:03 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:161:16 PM–13:531:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:204:20 PM–16:494:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:204:20 PM–17:495:49 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:136:13 PM–20:008:00 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:327:32 AM–09:199:19 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla08:188:18 AM–09:279:27 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3610:36 AM–11:4511:45 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0312:03 PM–12:4012:40 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika12:5312:53 PM–14:022:02 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:531:53 PM–14:302:30 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

Amṛta07:107:10 AM–08:188:18 AMgood
Kāla08:188:18 AM–09:279:27 AMavoid
Śubha09:279:27 AM–10:3610:36 AMgood
Roga10:3610:36 AM–11:4511:45 AMavoid
Udvega11:4511:45 AM–12:5312:53 PMavoid
Cara12:5312:53 PM–14:022:02 PMneutral
Lābha14:022:02 PM–15:113:11 PMgood
Amṛta15:113:11 PM–16:204:20 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:204:20 PM–18:116:11 PMneutral
Roga18:116:11 PM–20:028:02 PMavoid
Kāla20:028:02 PM–21:549:54 PMavoid
Lābha21:549:54 PM–23:4511:45 PMgood
Udvega23:4511:45 PM–25:361:36+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:361:36+1 AM–27:283:28+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:283:28+1 AM–29:195:19+1 AMgood
Cara29:195:19+1 AM–31:107:10+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:107:10 AM to 31:107:10+1 AM

07:107:10 AM sunrise16:204:20 PM sunsetsunrise 31:107:10+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 28:014:01+1 AM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 31:107:10+1 AM
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 19:547:54 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:188:18 AM–09:279:27 AM
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:0312:03 PM
Pradoṣa 16:204:20 PM–18:186:18 PM
Niśītha 23:2111:21 PM–24:0912:09+1 AM

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 09:279:27 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0312:03 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 10 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:186:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:0912:09+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  9. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvādaśīpast sunriseTrayodaśī
NakṣatraSvātī28:01 04:014:01 AM TueViśākhā
YogaAtigaṇḍa31:10 07:107:10 AM TueSukarmā
KaraṇaKaulava19:547:54 PMTaitila
VāraSomavāra31:10 07:107:10 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2028
Śaka
1893
Kali
5072
Ahargaṇa
1 852 833
Day length
9 h 10 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
28:214:21+1 AM
Moonset
13:201:20 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:115:11 AM07:107:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:115:11 AM06:106:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:415:41 AM07:107:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:107:10 AM09:009:00 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:327:32 AM09:199:19 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:188:18 AM09:279:27 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:009:00 AM10:5010:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3610:36 AM11:4511:45 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2111:21 AM12:0912:09 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:0312:03 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0312:03 PM12:4012:40 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4012:40 PM14:302:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5312:53 PM14:022:02 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:161:16 PM13:531:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:531:53 PM14:302:30 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:302:30 PM16:204:20 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:204:20 PM18:186:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:204:20 PM16:494:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:204:20 PM17:495:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:136:13 PM20:008:00 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2111:21 PM24:0912:09+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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