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March 2012 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 5 March 2012 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Phālguna Śukla Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 22:3010:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:429:42 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:226:22 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1210:12 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 h 00 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 139° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 88% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 139° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

06:226:22 AM–08:468:46 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:464:46 AM–05:345:34 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:105:10 AM–06:226:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5811:58 AM–12:4612:46 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:222:22 PM–15:103:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:285:28 PM–19:037:03 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:226:22 PM–18:466:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:226:22 PM–19:347:34 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:527:52 AM–09:229:22 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya07:577:57 AM–09:329:32 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:5210:52 AM–12:2212:22 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4612:46 PM–13:341:34 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:521:52 PM–15:223:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:103:10 PM–15:583:58 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

Amṛta06:226:22 AM–07:527:52 AMgood
Kāla07:527:52 AM–09:229:22 AMavoid
Śubha09:229:22 AM–10:5210:52 AMgood
Roga10:5210:52 AM–12:2212:22 PMavoid
Udvega12:2212:22 PM–13:521:52 PMavoid
Cara13:521:52 PM–15:223:22 PMneutral
Lābha15:223:22 PM–16:524:52 PMgood
Amṛta16:524:52 PM–18:226:22 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:226:22 PM–19:527:52 PMneutral
Roga19:527:52 PM–21:229:22 PMavoid
Kāla21:229:22 PM–22:5210:52 PMavoid
Lābha22:5210:52 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1good
Udvega24:2212:22 AM+1–25:521:52 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:521:52 AM+1–27:223:22 AM+1good
Amṛta27:223:22 AM+1–28:524:52 AM+1good
Cara28:524:52 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:226:22 AM to 30:216:21 AM+1

06:226:22 AM sunrise18:226:22 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 21:429:42 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 23:4911:49 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 21:169:16 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:1210:12 AM
Bālavauntil 21:429:42 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:527:52 AM–09:229:22 AM
Abhijit 11:5811:58 AM–12:4612:46 PM
Pradoṣa 18:226:22 PM–19:587:58 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46 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 09:229:22 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4612:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 00 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:587:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  8. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī21:429:42 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPuṣya23:4911:49 PMĀśleṣā
YogaŚobhana21:169:16 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava10:1210:12 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:21 06:216:21 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2068
Śaka
1933
Kali
5112
Ahargaṇa
1 867 526
Day length
12 h 00 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
15:403:40 PM
Moonset
28:164:16 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:464:46 AM06:226:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:464:46 AM05:345:34 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:105:10 AM06:226:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:226:22 AM08:468:46 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:527:52 AM09:229:22 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:577:57 AM09:329:32 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:468:46 AM11:1011:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:5210:52 AM12:2212:22 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4612:46 PM13:341:34 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:341:34 PM15:583:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:521:52 PM15:223:22 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:222:22 PM15:103:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:103:10 PM15:583:58 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:583:58 PM18:226:22 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:285:28 PM19:037:03 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:226:22 PM19:587:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:226:22 PM18:466:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:226:22 PM19:347:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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