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Tuesday 3 May 2016 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Ekādaśī began at 19:597:59 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:285:28 PM.

Observed here on this day

Varūthinī Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:255:25 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:486:48 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2412:24 PM

The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2412:24 PM
At noon, 12:2412:24 PM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 309° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 18% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 309° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:044:04 AM–04:444:44 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:244:24 AM–05:255:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5611:56 AM–12:5212:52 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:261:26 PM–14:552:55 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:442:44 PM–15:403:40 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:237:23 PM–19:437:43 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:237:23 PM–20:238:23 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:128:12 AM–09:089:08 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:548:54 AM–10:3910:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2412:24 PM–14:092:09 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:543:54 PM–17:395:39 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:2311:23 PM–24:0312:03+1 AMan 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

Roga05:255:25 AM–07:097:09 AMavoid
Udvega07:097:09 AM–08:548:54 AMavoid
Cara08:548:54 AM–10:3910:39 AMneutral
Lābha10:3910:39 AM–12:2412:24 PMgood
Amṛta12:2412:24 PM–14:092:09 PMgood
Kāla14:092:09 PM–15:543:54 PMavoid
Śubha15:543:54 PM–17:395:39 PMgood
Roga17:395:39 PM–19:237:23 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:237:23 PM–20:388:38 PMavoid
Lābha20:388:38 PM–21:539:53 PMgood
Udvega21:539:53 PM–23:0811:08 PMavoid
Śubha23:0811:08 PM–24:2312:23+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:2312:23+1 AM–25:381:38+1 AMgood
Cara25:381:38+1 AM–26:532:53+1 AMneutral
Roga26:532:53+1 AM–28:084:08+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:084:08+1 AM–29:235:23+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:255:25 AM to 29:235:23+1 AM

05:255:25 AM sunrise19:237:23 PM sunsetsunrise 29:235:23+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 17:285:28 PM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 20:508:50 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Indrauntil 11:2411:24 AM
Vaidhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 06:486:48 AM
Bālavauntil 17:285:28 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:014:01+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5611:56 AM–12:5212:52 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:543:54 PM–17:395:39 PM
Pradoṣa 19:237:23 PM–20:438:43 PM
Niśītha 23:5911:59 PM–24:4712:47+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. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. VaidhṛtiYoga: Indra ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:5212:52 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:395:39 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  7. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 59 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:438:43 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:4712:47+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ekādaśī17:285:28 PMDvādaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā20:508:50 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaIndra11:2411:24 AMVaidhṛti
KaraṇaBava06:486:48 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:23 05:235:23 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 046
Day length
13 h 59 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
27:493:49+1 AM
Moonset
15:073:07 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:044:04 AM05:255:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:044:04 AM04:444:44 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:244:24 AM05:255:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:255:25 AM08:128:12 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:128:12 AM11:0011:00 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:128:12 AM09:089:08 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:548:54 AM10:3910:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5611:56 AM12:5212:52 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0012:00 PM12:4812:48 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2412:24 PM14:092:09 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:261:26 PM14:552:55 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:481:48 PM16:364:36 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:442:44 PM15:403:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:543:54 PM17:395:39 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:364:36 PM19:237:23 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:237:23 PM20:438:43 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:237:23 PM19:437:43 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:237:23 PM20:238:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2311:23 PM24:0312:03+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5911:59 PM24:4712:47+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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