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Saturday 12 December 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Trayodaśī

Śanivāra. Trayodaśī began at 05:145:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:447:44+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 117 of 117 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:397:39 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:286:28 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

12:2012:20 PM

The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 22 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2012:20 PM
At noon, 12:2012:20 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 147° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 92% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 147° falls in Śukla Trayodaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM–06:416:41 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:116:11 AM–07:397:39 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0112:01 PM–12:3912:39 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:441:44 PM–15:313:31 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:015:01 PM–17:305:30 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:015:01 PM–18:296:29 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:397:39 AM–08:498:49 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:397:39 AM–08:178:17 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:178:17 AM–08:548:54 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:0010:00 AM–11:1011:10 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:301:30 PM–14:412:41 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

Kāla07:397:39 AM–08:498:49 AMavoid
Śubha08:498:49 AM–10:0010:00 AMgood
Roga10:0010:00 AM–11:1011:10 AMavoid
Udvega11:1011:10 AM–12:2012:20 PMavoid
Cara12:2012:20 PM–13:301:30 PMneutral
Lābha13:301:30 PM–14:412:41 PMgood
Amṛta14:412:41 PM–15:513:51 PMgood
Kāla15:513:51 PM–17:015:01 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:015:01 PM–18:516:51 PMgood
Udvega18:516:51 PM–20:418:41 PMavoid
Śubha20:418:41 PM–22:3110:31 PMgood
Amṛta22:3110:31 PM–24:2112:21+1 AMgood
Cara24:2112:21+1 AM–26:102:10+1 AMneutral
Roga26:102:10+1 AM–28:004:00+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:004:00+1 AM–29:505:50+1 AMavoid
Lābha29:505:50+1 AM–31:407:40+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:397:39 AM to 31:407:40+1 AM

07:397:39 AM sunrise17:015:01 PM sunsetsunrise 31:407:40+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 19:067:06 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 25:511:51+1 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 18:286:28 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0010:00 AM–11:1011:10 AM
Abhijit 12:0112:01 PM–12:3912:39 PM
Pradoṣa 17:015:01 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:5711:57 PM–24:4512:45+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. SunriseTrayodaśī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:1011:10 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3912:39 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 22 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  7. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4512:45+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  10. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Trayodaśīpast sunriseCaturdaśī
NakṣatraBharaṇī19:067:06 PMKṛttikā
YogaŚiva25:51 01:511:51 AM SunSiddha
KaraṇaKaulava18:286:28 PMTaitila
VāraŚanivāra31:40 07:407:40 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 449
Day length
9 h 22 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
15:283:28 PM
Moonset
29:295:29+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:425:42 AM07:397:39 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:425:42 AM06:416:41 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:116:11 AM07:397:39 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:397:39 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:397:39 AM08:498:49 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:397:39 AM08:178:17 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:178:17 AM08:548:54 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:329:32 AM11:2411:24 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:0010:00 AM11:1011:10 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5611:56 AM12:4412:44 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0112:01 PM12:3912:39 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:161:16 PM15:093:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:301:30 PM14:412:41 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:441:44 PM15:313:31 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:541:54 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:093:09 PM17:015:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:015:01 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:015:01 PM17:305:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:015:01 PM18:296:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5711:57 PM24:4512:45+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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