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Tuesday 2 January 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 19:097:09 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:229:22 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:257:25 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:138:13 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:4411:44 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 38 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4411:44 AM
At noon, 11:4411:44 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 140° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 88% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 140° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

07:257:25 AM–09:089:08 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:236:23 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:257:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:0112:01 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:101:10 PM–13:451:45 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:273:27 PM–17:135:13 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:034:03 PM–16:334:33 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:034:03 PM–17:355:35 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:089:08 AM–09:439:43 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:349:34 AM–10:3910:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4411:44 AM–12:4812:48 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla13:531:53 PM–14:582:58 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:1110:11 PM–23:1311:13 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

Roga07:257:25 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Udvega08:298:29 AM–09:349:34 AMavoid
Cara09:349:34 AM–10:3910:39 AMneutral
Lābha10:3910:39 AM–11:4411:44 AMgood
Amṛta11:4411:44 AM–12:4812:48 PMgood
Kāla12:4812:48 PM–13:531:53 PMavoid
Śubha13:531:53 PM–14:582:58 PMgood
Roga14:582:58 PM–16:034:03 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:034:03 PM–17:585:58 PMavoid
Lābha17:585:58 PM–19:537:53 PMgood
Udvega19:537:53 PM–21:489:48 PMavoid
Śubha21:489:48 PM–23:4411:44 PMgood
Amṛta23:4411:44 PM–25:391:39+1 AMgood
Cara25:391:39+1 AM–27:343:34+1 AMneutral
Roga27:343:34+1 AM–29:295:29+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:295:29+1 AM–31:257:25+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:257:25 AM sunrise16:034:03 PM sunsetsunrise 31:257:25+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 21:229:22 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 18:066:06 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 10:2610:26 AM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:138:13 AM
Bālavauntil 21:229:22 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:0112:01 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:531:53 PM–14:582:58 PM
Pradoṣa 16:034:03 PM–18:066:06 PM
Niśītha 23:2011:20 PM–24:0812:08+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0112:01 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:582:58 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 38 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:066:06 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  9. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0812:08+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī21:229:22 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraKṛttikā18:066:06 PMRohiṇī
YogaSādhya10:2610:26 AMŚubha
KaraṇaBava08:138:13 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:25 07:257:25 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2052
Śaka
1917
Kali
5096
Ahargaṇa
1 861 619
Day length
8 h 38 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
13:411:41 PM
Moonset
28:444:44+1 AM

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 twilight05:525:52 AM07:257:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:257:25 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5210:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:089:08 AM09:439:43 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:349:34 AM10:3910:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2011:20 AM12:0812:08 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:0112:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4411:44 AM12:4812:48 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3512:35 PM14:192:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:101:10 PM13:451:45 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:531:53 PM14:582:58 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:192:19 PM16:034:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:273:27 PM17:135:13 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:034:03 PM18:066:06 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:034:03 PM16:334:33 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:034:03 PM17:355:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1110:11 PM23:1311:13 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2011:20 PM24:0812:08+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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