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Wednesday 24 October 2012 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Āśvina Śukla Daśamī

Budhavāra. Daśamī began at 19:387:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:237:23 PM.

Observed here on this day

Vijayā Daśamī · Dussehra

Daśamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:575:57 AM

Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:277:27 AM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:5511:55 AM

The Sun 71° above S. Day length 11 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo11:5511:55 AM
At noon, 11:5511:55 AM, the Sun is in Svātī and the Moon 116° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 72% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 116° falls in Śukla Daśamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:214:21 AM–05:095:09 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:454:45 AM–05:575:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:157:15 AM–08:538:53 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:412:41 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:525:52 PM–18:166:16 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:525:52 PM–19:057:05 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:277:27 AM–08:568:56 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2510:25 AM–11:5511:55 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3111:31 AM–12:1912:19 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5511:55 AM–13:241:24 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya25:151:15 AM+1–26:552:55 AM+1a 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

Lābha05:575:57 AM–07:277:27 AMgood
Amṛta07:277:27 AM–08:568:56 AMgood
Kāla08:568:56 AM–10:2510:25 AMavoid
Śubha10:2510:25 AM–11:5511:55 AMgood
Roga11:5511:55 AM–13:241:24 PMavoid
Udvega13:241:24 PM–14:532:53 PMavoid
Cara14:532:53 PM–16:234:23 PMneutral
Lābha16:234:23 PM–17:525:52 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:525:52 PM–19:237:23 PMavoid
Śubha19:237:23 PM–20:538:53 PMgood
Amṛta20:538:53 PM–22:2410:24 PMgood
Cara22:2410:24 PM–23:5511:55 PMneutral
Roga23:5511:55 PM–25:251:25 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:251:25 AM+1–26:562:56 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:562:56 AM+1–28:274:27 AM+1good
Udvega28:274:27 AM+1–29:575:57 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:575:57 AM to 29:575:57 AM+1

05:575:57 AM sunrise17:525:52 PM sunsetsunrise 29:575:57 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Daśamīuntil 19:237:23 PM
Ekādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 17:485:48 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 16:274:27 PM
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 07:277:27 AM
Garauntil 19:237:23 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5511:55 AM–13:241:24 PM
Pradoṣa 17:525:52 PM–19:297:29 PM
Niśītha 23:3111:31 PM–24:1912:19 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. SunriseDaśamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:241:24 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  5. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 55 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:297:29 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. EkādaśīTithi: Daśamī ends.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1912:19 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Daśamī19:237:23 PMEkādaśī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā17:485:48 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaGaṇḍa16:274:27 PMVṛddhi
KaraṇaTaitila07:277:27 AMGara
VāraBudhavāra29:57 05:575:57 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Āśvina
Month, pūrṇimānta
Āśvina
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 759
Day length
11 h 55 m
Sun in
Tulā
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
13:591:59 PM
Moonset
26:132:13 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:214:21 AM05:575:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:214:21 AM05:095:09 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:454:45 AM05:575:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:575:57 AM08:208:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:157:15 AM08:538:53 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:277:27 AM08:568:56 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:208:20 AM10:4310:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2510:25 AM11:5511:55 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3111:31 AM12:1912:19 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3111:31 AM12:1912:19 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5511:55 AM13:241:24 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:061:06 PM15:293:29 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:541:54 PM14:412:41 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:293:29 PM17:525:52 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:525:52 PM19:297:29 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:525:52 PM18:166:16 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:525:52 PM19:057:05 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3111:31 PM24:1912:19 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:151:15 AM+126:552:55 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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