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Monday 21 December 2015 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Ekādaśī

Somavāra. Ekādaśī began at 18:016:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:423:42 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

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

At sunrise

05:595:59 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:398:39 AM

Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.

Noon

11:5111:51 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5111:51 AM
At noon, 11:5111:51 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 130° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 82% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 130° falls in Śukla Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:214:21 AM–05:105:10 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:454:45 AM–05:595:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2711:27 AM–12:1412:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:481:48 PM–14:352:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:425:42 PM–18:076:07 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:425:42 PM–18:566:56 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:322:32 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:277:27 AM–08:558:55 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2310:23 AM–11:5111:51 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1412:14 PM–13:011:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:191:19 PM–14:462:46 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:352:35 PM–15:223:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya17:355:35 PM–19:057:05 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

Amṛta05:595:59 AM–07:277:27 AMgood
Kāla07:277:27 AM–08:558:55 AMavoid
Śubha08:558:55 AM–10:2310:23 AMgood
Roga10:2310:23 AM–11:5111:51 AMavoid
Udvega11:5111:51 AM–13:191:19 PMavoid
Cara13:191:19 PM–14:462:46 PMneutral
Lābha14:462:46 PM–16:144:14 PMgood
Amṛta16:144:14 PM–17:425:42 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:425:42 PM–19:147:14 PMneutral
Roga19:147:14 PM–20:478:47 PMavoid
Kāla20:478:47 PM–22:1910:19 PMavoid
Lābha22:1910:19 PM–23:5111:51 PMgood
Udvega23:5111:51 PM–25:231:23 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:231:23 AM+1–26:552:55 AM+1good
Amṛta26:552:55 AM+1–28:274:27 AM+1good
Cara28:274:27 AM+1–29:595:59 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:595:59 AM to 29:595:59 AM+1

05:595:59 AM sunrise17:425:42 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 15:423:42 PM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 08:398:39 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 21:199:19 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 15:423:42 PM
Bavauntil 26:312:31 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:277:27 AM–08:558:55 AM
Abhijit 11:2711:27 AM–12:1412:14 PM
Pradoṣa 17:425:42 PM–19:217:21 PM
Niśītha 23:2711:27 PM–24:1512:15 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.

  1. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:558:55 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1412:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:217:21 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1512:15 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ekādaśī15:423:42 PMDvādaśī
NakṣatraAśvinī08:398:39 AMBharaṇī
YogaŚiva21:199:19 PMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi15:423:42 PMBava
VāraSomavāra29:59 05:595:59 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 912
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
14:272:27 PM
Moonset
27:033:03 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:214:21 AM05:595:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:214:21 AM05:105:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:454:45 AM05:595:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:595:59 AM08:208:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:277:27 AM08:558:55 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:208:20 AM10:4010:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2310:23 AM11:5111:51 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2711:27 AM12:1512:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2711:27 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1412:14 PM13:011:01 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM15:223:22 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:191:19 PM14:462:46 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:481:48 PM14:352:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:352:35 PM15:223:22 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:223:22 PM17:425:42 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:355:35 PM19:057:05 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:425:42 PM19:217:21 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:425:42 PM18:076:07 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:425:42 PM18:566:56 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2711:27 PM24:1512:15 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:322:32 AM+128:014:01 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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