Monday 16 March 2026 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 06:476:47 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:117:11 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:425:42 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:077:07 AM
Śiva gives way to Siddha.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 12 h 00 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:425:42 AM–07:117:11 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 07:11. Pāpamocanī 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:415:41 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 | Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī | 07:117:11 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 27:52 03:523:52 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 07:077:07 AM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 07:117:11 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:064:06 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:064:06 AM | 04:544:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:304:30 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 08:078:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:137:13 AM | 08:438:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:317:31 AM | 09:089:08 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:078:07 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1310:13 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:131:13 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:312:31 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:193:19 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:175:17 PM | 18:556:55 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:435:43 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:435:43 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:435:43 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |