Monday 13 June 2011 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 13:261:26 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5010:50 AM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚukla Pradoṣa Vrata determinate
At sunrise
04:574:57 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:537:53 AM
Svātī gives way to Viśākhā.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 59 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
04:574:57 AM–07:577:57 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Nirjalā Ekādaśī
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
04:574:57 AM to 28:574:57 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Dvādaśī | 10:5010:50 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 07:537:53 AM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 22:0110:01 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:5010:50 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:57 04:574:57 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:214:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:034:03 AM | 04:574:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:574:57 AM | 07:577:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:506:50 AM | 08:428:42 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:577:57 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3510:35 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:5712:57 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:571:57 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:051:05 PM | 14:352:35 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:571:57 PM | 16:564:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:192:19 PM | 16:124:12 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:572:57 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:573:57 PM | 16:564:56 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:564:56 PM | 19:567:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:567:56 PM | 21:089:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:567:56 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:567:56 PM | 20:508:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0110:01 PM | 23:3011:30 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |