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Monday 18 April 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Śukla Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 03:373:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:495:49 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

04:484:48 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:273:27 PM

Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.

Noon

11:3911:39 AM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3911:39 AM
At noon, 11:3911:39 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 136° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 136° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

13:021:02 PM–15:473:47 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Kāmadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:263:26 AM–04:074:07 AM
  • Abhijit11:1211:12 AM–12:0712:07 PM
  • Vijaya13:571:57 PM–14:522:52 PM
  • Amṛta kāla17:375:37 PM–19:237:23 PM
  • Godhūli18:326:32 PM–18:526:52 PM

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:316:31 AM–08:148:14 AM
  • Varjya06:566:56 AM–08:438:43 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:579:57 AM–11:4011:40 AM
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–13:021:02 PM
  • Gulika13:231:23 PM–15:063:06 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:522:52 PM–15:473:47 PM

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

Amṛta04:484:48 AM–06:316:31 AMgood
Kāla06:316:31 AM–08:148:14 AMavoid
Śubha08:148:14 AM–09:579:57 AMgood
Roga09:579:57 AM–11:4011:40 AMavoid
Udvega11:4011:40 AM–13:231:23 PMavoid
Cara13:231:23 PM–15:063:06 PMneutral
Lābha15:063:06 PM–16:494:49 PMgood
Amṛta16:494:49 PM–18:326:32 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:326:32 PM–19:487:48 PMneutral
Roga19:487:48 PM–21:059:05 PMavoid
Kāla21:059:05 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Lābha22:2210:22 PM–23:3911:39 PMgood
Udvega23:3911:39 PM–24:5612:56 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5612:56 AM+1–26:122:12 AM+1good
Amṛta26:122:12 AM+1–27:293:29 AM+1good
Cara27:293:29 AM+1–28:464:46 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:484:48 AM to 28:464:46 AM+1

04:484:48 AM sunrise18:326:32 PM sunsetsunrise 28:464:46 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 24:4312:43 AM+1
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 15:273:27 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:414:41 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:316:31 AM–08:148:14 AM
Abhijit 11:1211:12 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 18:326:32 PM–19:547:54 PM
Niśītha 23:1511:15 PM–24:0312:03 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. SunriseDvādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:148:14 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 44 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:547:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0312:03 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśīpast sunriseTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī24:43 00:4312:43 AM TueUttara Phalgunī
YogaVṛddhi15:273:27 PMDhruva
KaraṇaBava16:414:41 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra28:46 04:464:46 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 031
Day length
13 h 44 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
14:402:40 PM
Moonset
27:333:33 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya03:263:26 AM04:484:48 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta03:263:26 AM04:074:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā03:463:46 AM04:484:48 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla04:484:48 AM07:337:33 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla06:316:31 AM08:148:14 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Varjya06:566:56 AM08:438:43 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgava07:337:33 AM10:1710:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa09:579:57 AM11:4011:40 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijit11:1211:12 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM13:021:02 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:021:02 PM15:473:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika13:231:23 PM15:063:06 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijaya13:571:57 PM14:522:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:522:52 PM15:473:47 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:473:47 PM18:326:32 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla17:375:37 PM19:237:23 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣa18:326:32 PM19:547:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli18:326:32 PM18:526:52 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:326:32 PM19:337:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:1511:15 PM24:0312:03 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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