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Monday 12 December 2005 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 12:5412:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1312:13 PM.

Observed here on this day

Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī

Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

AlsoŚukla Pradoṣa Vrata determinate

At sunrise

05:555:55 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1312:13 PM

Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.

Noon

11:4611:46 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4611:46 AM
At noon, 11:4611:46 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 144° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 90% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 144° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

05:555:55 AM–08:158:15 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:164:16 AM–05:065:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:414:41 AM–05:555:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:441:44 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:385:38 PM–18:036:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:385:38 PM–18:526:52 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:016:01 PM–19:387:38 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya08:248:24 AM–10:0010:00 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1910:19 AM–11:4611:46 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1012:10 PM–12:5712:57 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:141:14 PM–14:422:42 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:312:31 PM–15:183:18 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

Amṛta05:555:55 AM–07:237:23 AMgood
Kāla07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AMavoid
Śubha08:518:51 AM–10:1910:19 AMgood
Roga10:1910:19 AM–11:4611:46 AMavoid
Udvega11:4611:46 AM–13:141:14 PMavoid
Cara13:141:14 PM–14:422:42 PMneutral
Lābha14:422:42 PM–16:104:10 PMgood
Amṛta16:104:10 PM–17:385:38 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:385:38 PM–19:107:10 PMneutral
Roga19:107:10 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid
Kāla20:438:43 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Lābha22:1510:15 PM–23:4711:47 PMgood
Udvega23:4711:47 PM–25:191:19+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:191:19+1 AM–26:512:51+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:512:51+1 AM–28:234:23+1 AMgood
Cara28:234:23+1 AM–29:555:55+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:555:55 AM to 29:555:55+1 AM

05:555:55 AM sunrise17:385:38 PM sunsetsunrise 29:555:55+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 12:1312:13 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 22:5010:50 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 27:293:29+1 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:1312:13 PM
Kaulavauntil 24:0012:00+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AM
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PM
Pradoṣa 17:385:38 PM–19:177:17 PM
Niśītha 23:2311:23 PM–24:1112:11+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. SunriseDvādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:518:51 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1012:10 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:177:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1112:11+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī12:1312:13 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraBharaṇī22:5010:50 PMKṛttikā
YogaŚiva27:29 03:293:29 AM TueSiddha
KaraṇaBālava12:1312:13 PMKaulava
VāraSomavāra29:55 05:555:55 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2062
Śaka
1927
Kali
5106
Ahargaṇa
1 865 251
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
15:113:11 PM
Moonset
27:543:54+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:164:16 AM05:555:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:164:16 AM05:065:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:414:41 AM05:555:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:555:55 AM08:158:15 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:237:23 AM08:518:51 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:158:15 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:248:24 AM10:0010:00 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1910:19 AM11:4611:46 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2211:22 AM12:1012:10 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM12:1012:10 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1012:10 PM12:5712:57 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5712:57 PM15:183:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:141:14 PM14:422:42 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:441:44 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:312:31 PM15:183:18 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:183:18 PM17:385:38 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:385:38 PM19:177:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:385:38 PM18:036:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:385:38 PM18:526:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:016:01 PM19:387:38 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2311:23 PM24:1112:11+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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