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Monday 24 December 2012 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Ekādaśī

Somavāra. Ekādaśī began at 05:195:19 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:497:49 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

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

AlsoAkhaṇḍa Dvādaśī determinate

At sunrise

07:237:23 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:497:49 AM

Ekādaśī gives way to Dvādaśī.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 134° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 85% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 134° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:237:23 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–11:5711:57 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:051:05 PM–13:391:39 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:532:53 PM–16:414:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli15:563:56 PM–16:274:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:563:56 PM–17:295:29 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:278:27 AM–09:319:31 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3510:35 AM–11:4011:40 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5711:57 AM–12:3112:31 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika12:4412:44 PM–13:481:48 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:391:39 PM–14:142:14 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

Amṛta07:237:23 AM–08:278:27 AMgood
Kāla08:278:27 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Śubha09:319:31 AM–10:3510:35 AMgood
Roga10:3510:35 AM–11:4011:40 AMavoid
Udvega11:4011:40 AM–12:4412:44 PMavoid
Cara12:4412:44 PM–13:481:48 PMneutral
Lābha13:481:48 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Amṛta14:522:52 PM–15:563:56 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara15:563:56 PM–17:525:52 PMneutral
Roga17:525:52 PM–19:487:48 PMavoid
Kāla19:487:48 PM–21:449:44 PMavoid
Lābha21:449:44 PM–23:4011:40 PMgood
Udvega23:4011:40 PM–25:361:36 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:361:36 AM+1–27:323:32 AM+1good
Amṛta27:323:32 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1good
Cara29:275:27 AM+1–31:237:23 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:237:23 AM to 31:237:23 AM+1

07:237:23 AM sunrise15:563:56 PM sunsetsunrise 31:237:23 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 07:497:49 AM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 20:188:18 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 28:184:18 AM+1
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:497:49 AM
Bavauntil 21:109:10 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:278:27 AM–09:319:31 AM
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–11:5711:57 AM
Pradoṣa 15:563:56 PM–18:006:00 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04 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. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:319:31 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 11:5711:57 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 33 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:006:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ekādaśī07:497:49 AMDvādaśī
NakṣatraBharaṇī20:188:18 PMKṛttikā
YogaSiddha28:18 04:184:18 AM TueSādhya
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:497:49 AMBava
VāraSomavāra31:23 07:237:23 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 820
Day length
8 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
13:091:09 PM
Moonset
28:174:17 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:237:23 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:237:23 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:237:23 AM09:069:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:278:27 AM09:319:31 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:069:06 AM10:4810:48 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3510:35 AM11:4011:40 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM11:5711:57 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5711:57 AM12:3112:31 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3112:31 PM14:142:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4412:44 PM13:481:48 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:051:05 PM13:391:39 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:391:39 PM14:142:14 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:142:14 PM15:563:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:532:53 PM16:414:41 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk15:563:56 PM18:006:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:563:56 PM16:274:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:563:56 PM17:295:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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