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Saturday 22 December 2012 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Daśamī

Śanivāra. Daśamī began at 00:4412:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:492:49 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:186:18 AM

Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:0212:02 PM

Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.

Noon

12:0912:09 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:0912:09 PM
At noon, 12:0912:09 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 113° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 70% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 113° falls in Śukla Daśamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:394:39 AM–05:295:29 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:045:04 AM–06:186:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:249:24 AM–11:0911:09 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:4611:46 AM–12:3312:33 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:062:06 PM–14:532:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:016:01 PM–18:256:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:016:01 PM–19:157:15 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:186:18 AM–07:467:46 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:186:18 AM–07:057:05 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:057:05 AM–07:527:52 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:149:14 AM–10:4110:41 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:371:37 PM–15:053:05 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla06:186:18 AM–07:467:46 AMavoid
Śubha07:467:46 AM–09:149:14 AMgood
Roga09:149:14 AM–10:4110:41 AMavoid
Udvega10:4110:41 AM–12:0912:09 PMavoid
Cara12:0912:09 PM–13:371:37 PMneutral
Lābha13:371:37 PM–15:053:05 PMgood
Amṛta15:053:05 PM–16:334:33 PMgood
Kāla16:334:33 PM–18:016:01 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:016:01 PM–19:337:33 PMgood
Udvega19:337:33 PM–21:059:05 PMavoid
Śubha21:059:05 PM–22:3710:37 PMgood
Amṛta22:3710:37 PM–24:1012:10 AM+1good
Cara24:1012:10 AM+1–25:421:42 AM+1neutral
Roga25:421:42 AM+1–27:143:14 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:143:14 AM+1–28:464:46 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:464:46 AM+1–30:186:18 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:186:18 AM to 30:186:18 AM+1

06:186:18 AM sunrise18:016:01 PM sunsetsunrise 30:186:18 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Daśamīuntil 26:492:49 AM+1
Ekādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 12:0212:02 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 24:0512:05 AM+1
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 13:431:43 PM
Garauntil 26:492:49 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:149:14 AM–10:4110:41 AM
Abhijit 11:4611:46 AM–12:3312:33 PM
Pradoṣa 18:016:01 PM–19:397:39 PM
Niśītha 23:4611:46 PM–24:3412:34 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4110:41 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3312:33 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  5. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:397:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3412:34 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  10. EkādaśīTithi: Daśamī ends.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Daśamī26:49 02:492:49 AM SunEkādaśī
NakṣatraRevatī12:0212:02 PMAśvinī
YogaParigha24:05 00:0512:05 AM SunŚiva
KaraṇaTaitila13:431:43 PMGara
VāraŚanivāra30:18 06:186:18 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 818
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
13:291:29 PM
Moonset
26:012:01 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:394:39 AM06:186:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:394:39 AM05:295:29 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:045:04 AM06:186:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:186:18 AM08:388:38 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:186:18 AM07:467:46 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:186:18 AM07:057:05 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:057:05 AM07:527:52 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:388:38 AM10:5910:59 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:149:14 AM10:4110:41 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:249:24 AM11:0911:09 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4511:45 AM12:3312:33 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4611:46 AM12:3312:33 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:201:20 PM15:403:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:371:37 PM15:053:05 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:062:06 PM14:532:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:403:40 PM18:016:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:016:01 PM19:397:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:016:01 PM18:256:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:016:01 PM19:157:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4611:46 PM24:3412:34 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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