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Saturday 18 December 1999 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Daśamī

Śanivāra. Daśamī began at 07:467:46 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:036:03 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:575:57 AM

Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:036:03 AM

Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 123° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 77% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 123° falls in Śukla Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:194:19 AM–05:085:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:444:44 AM–05:575:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:1312:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:461:46 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:415:41 PM–18:056:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:415:41 PM–18:556:55 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:016:01 PM–19:307:30 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika05:575:57 AM–07:257:25 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta05:575:57 AM–06:446:44 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta06:446:44 AM–07:317:31 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla08:538:53 AM–10:2110:21 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:171:17 PM–14:452:45 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:009:00 PM–22:2910:29 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Kāla05:575:57 AM–07:257:25 AMavoid
Śubha07:257:25 AM–08:538:53 AMgood
Roga08:538:53 AM–10:2110:21 AMavoid
Udvega10:2110:21 AM–11:4911:49 AMavoid
Cara11:4911:49 AM–13:171:17 PMneutral
Lābha13:171:17 PM–14:452:45 PMgood
Amṛta14:452:45 PM–16:134:13 PMgood
Kāla16:134:13 PM–17:415:41 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:415:41 PM–19:137:13 PMgood
Udvega19:137:13 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Śubha20:458:45 PM–22:1710:17 PMgood
Amṛta22:1710:17 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Cara23:4911:49 PM–25:211:21+1 AMneutral
Roga25:211:21+1 AM–26:542:54+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:542:54+1 AM–28:264:26+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:264:26+1 AM–29:585:58+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:575:57 AM to 29:585:58+1 AM

05:575:57 AM sunrise17:415:41 PM sunsetsunrise 29:585:58+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Daśamīuntil 06:036:03 AM
Ekādaśīuntil 27:373:37+1 AM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 24:4312:43+1 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 20:088:08 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 06:036:03 AM
Vaṇijauntil 16:554:55 PM
Viṣṭiuntil 27:373:37+1 AM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:538:53 AM–10:2110:21 AM
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:1312:13 PM
Pradoṣa 17:415:41 PM–19:197:19 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13+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. SunriseDaśamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. EkādaśīTithi: Daśamī ends.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:2110:21 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:1312:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:197:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  12. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  13. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  14. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Daśamī06:036:03 AMEkādaśī
NakṣatraAśvinī24:43 00:4312:43 AM SunBharaṇī
YogaParigha20:088:08 PMŚiva
KaraṇaGara06:036:03 AMVaṇija
VāraŚanivāra29:58 05:585:58 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 065
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
14:062:06 PM
Moonset
26:362:36+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:194:19 AM05:575:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:194:19 AM05:085:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:444:44 AM05:575:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:575:57 AM08:188:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day05:575:57 AM07:257:25 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta05:575:57 AM06:446:44 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:446:44 AM07:317:31 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:188:18 AM10:3910:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:538:53 AM10:2110:21 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:1312:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM15:203:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:171:17 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:461:46 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:203:20 PM17:415:41 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:415:41 PM19:197:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:415:41 PM18:056:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:415:41 PM18:556:55 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:016:01 PM19:307:30 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:009:00 PM22:2910:29 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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