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Monday 24 December 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, 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. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

AlsoAkhaṇḍa Dvādaśī determinate

At sunrise

07:477:47 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:497:49 AM

Ekādaśī gives way to Dvādaśī.

Noon

12:2612:26 PM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 19 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2612:26 PM
At noon, 12:2612:26 PM, 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 muhūrta05:505:50 AM–06:486:48 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:196:19 AM–07:477:47 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0812:08 PM–12:4512:45 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:002:00 PM–14:372:37 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:532:53 PM–16:414:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:065:06 PM–17:355:35 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:065:06 PM–18:346:34 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:578:57 AM–10:0710:07 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1711:17 AM–12:2612:26 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4512:45 PM–13:221:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:361:36 PM–14:462:46 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:372:37 PM–15:143:14 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

Amṛta07:477:47 AM–08:578:57 AMgood
Kāla08:578:57 AM–10:0710:07 AMavoid
Śubha10:0710:07 AM–11:1711:17 AMgood
Roga11:1711:17 AM–12:2612:26 PMavoid
Udvega12:2612:26 PM–13:361:36 PMavoid
Cara13:361:36 PM–14:462:46 PMneutral
Lābha14:462:46 PM–15:563:56 PMgood
Amṛta15:563:56 PM–17:065:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:065:06 PM–18:566:56 PMneutral
Roga18:566:56 PM–20:468:46 PMavoid
Kāla20:468:46 PM–22:3610:36 PMavoid
Lābha22:3610:36 PM–24:2712:27 AM+1good
Udvega24:2712:27 AM+1–26:172:17 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:172:17 AM+1–28:074:07 AM+1good
Amṛta28:074:07 AM+1–29:575:57 AM+1good
Cara29:575:57 AM+1–31:487:48 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:477:47 AM to 31:487:48 AM+1

07:477:47 AM sunrise17:065:06 PM sunsetsunrise 31:487:48 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 08:578:57 AM–10:0710:07 AM
Abhijit 12:0812:08 PM–12:4512:45 PM
Pradoṣa 17:065:06 PM–19:037:03 PM
Niśītha 24:0312:03 AM+1–24:5112:51 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 10:0710:07 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:4512:45 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 19 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:037:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:5112:51 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
VāraSomavāra31:48 07:487:48 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 820
Day length
9 h 19 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
14:142:14 PM
Moonset
28:474:47 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:505:50 AM07:477:47 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:505:50 AM06:486:48 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:196:19 AM07:477:47 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:477:47 AM09:399:39 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:578:57 AM10:0710:07 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:399:39 AM11:3111:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1711:17 AM12:2612:26 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0212:02 PM12:5012:50 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0812:08 PM12:4512:45 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4512:45 PM13:221:22 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:221:22 PM15:143:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:361:36 PM14:462:46 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:002:00 PM14:372:37 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:372:37 PM15:143:14 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:532:53 PM16:414:41 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:143:14 PM17:065:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:065:06 PM19:037:03 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:065:06 PM17:355:35 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:065:06 PM18:346:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0312:03 AM+124:5112:51 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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