Tuesday 25 December 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 07:497:49 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:3310:33 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 118 of 118 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:487:48 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3310:33 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 19 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:487:48 AM–09:399:39 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Mokṣadā 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
07:487:48 AM to 31:487:48 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 | 10:3310:33 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 23:2811:28 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 29:19 05:195:19 AM Wed | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:3310:33 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:48 07:487:48 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:505:50 AM | 07:487:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:505:50 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:196:19 AM | 07:487:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:487:48 AM | 09:399:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:399:39 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:399:39 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:539:53 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:371:37 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:231:23 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:472:47 PM | 15:573:57 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:153:15 PM | 17:065:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:065:06 PM | 19:047:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:065:06 PM | 17:365:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:065:06 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:458:45 PM | 22:3310:33 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5910:59 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |