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Monday 5 January 1959 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī

Somavāra. Ekādaśī began at 01:371:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1011:10 PM.

Observed here on this day

Saphalā Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:257:25 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:5810:58 AM

Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.

Noon

11:4511:45 AM

The Sun 21° above S. Day length 8 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4511:45 AM
At noon, 11:4511:45 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 306° ahead of it, in Viśākhā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 306° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:236:23 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:535:53 AM–07:257:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2811:28 AM–12:0312:03 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:121:12 PM–13:471:47 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:093:09 PM–16:384:38 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:064:06 PM–16:364:36 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:064:06 PM–17:385:38 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:308:30 AM–09:359:35 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4010:40 AM–11:4511:45 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0312:03 PM–12:3712:37 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika12:5012:50 PM–13:551:55 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:471:47 PM–14:222:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya27:003:00 AM+1–28:284:28 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

Amṛta07:257:25 AM–08:308:30 AMgood
Kāla08:308:30 AM–09:359:35 AMavoid
Śubha09:359:35 AM–10:4010:40 AMgood
Roga10:4010:40 AM–11:4511:45 AMavoid
Udvega11:4511:45 AM–12:5012:50 PMavoid
Cara12:5012:50 PM–13:551:55 PMneutral
Lābha13:551:55 PM–15:013:01 PMgood
Amṛta15:013:01 PM–16:064:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:064:06 PM–18:016:01 PMneutral
Roga18:016:01 PM–19:557:55 PMavoid
Kāla19:557:55 PM–21:509:50 PMavoid
Lābha21:509:50 PM–23:4511:45 PMgood
Udvega23:4511:45 PM–25:401:40 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:401:40 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1good
Amṛta27:353:35 AM+1–29:305:30 AM+1good
Cara29:305:30 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:257:25 AM to 31:247:24 AM+1

07:257:25 AM sunrise16:064:06 PM sunsetsunrise 31:247:24 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 23:1011:10 PM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 23:1811:18 PM
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 10:5810:58 AM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 12:2512:25 PM
Bālavauntil 23:1011:10 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:308:30 AM–09:359:35 AM
Abhijit 11:2811:28 AM–12:0312:03 PM
Pradoṣa 16:064:06 PM–18:086:08 PM
Niśītha 23:2111:21 PM–24:0912:09 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. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:359:35 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0312:03 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 41 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:086:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0912:09 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ekādaśī23:1011:10 PMDvādaśī
NakṣatraViśākhā23:1811:18 PMAnurādhā
YogaDhṛti10:5810:58 AMŚūla
KaraṇaBava12:2512:25 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:24 07:247:24 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2015
Śaka
1880
Kali
5059
Ahargaṇa
1 848 108
Day length
8 h 41 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
27:503:50 AM+1
Moonset
12:4812:48 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:257:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:236:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:535:53 AM07:257:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:257:25 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:308:30 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM10:5310:53 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4010:40 AM11:4511:45 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2111:21 AM12:0912:09 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2811:28 AM12:0312:03 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0312:03 PM12:3712:37 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3712:37 PM14:222:22 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5012:50 PM13:551:55 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:121:12 PM13:471:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:471:47 PM14:222:22 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:222:22 PM16:064:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:093:09 PM16:384:38 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:064:06 PM18:086:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:064:06 PM16:364:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:064:06 PM17:385:38 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2111:21 PM24:0912:09 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:003:00 AM+128:284:28 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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