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Monday 17 December 2018 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Daśamī

Somavāra. Daśamī began at 21:599:59 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2710:27 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:575:57 AM

Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1910:19 AM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

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 115° ahead of it, in Revatī, 71% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 115° falls in Śukla Daśamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:194:19 AM–05:085:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:434:43 AM–05:575:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:1212:12 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:461:46 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:164:16 PM–17:565:56 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:415:41 PM–18:056:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:415:41 PM–18:546:54 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:126:12 AM–07:537:53 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla07:257:25 AM–08:538:53 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2110:21 AM–11:4911:49 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1212:12 PM–12:5912:59 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:171:17 PM–14:452:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:203:20 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

Amṛta05:575:57 AM–07:257:25 AMgood
Kāla07:257:25 AM–08:538:53 AMavoid
Śubha08:538:53 AM–10:2110:21 AMgood
Roga10:2110:21 AM–11:4911:49 AMavoid
Udvega11:4911:49 AM–13:171:17 PMavoid
Cara13:171:17 PM–14:452:45 PMneutral
Lābha14:452:45 PM–16:134:13 PMgood
Amṛta16:134:13 PM–17:415:41 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:415:41 PM–19:137:13 PMneutral
Roga19:137:13 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Kāla20:458:45 PM–22:1710:17 PMavoid
Lābha22:1710:17 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Udvega23:4911:49 PM–25:211:21 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:211:21 AM+1–26:532:53 AM+1good
Amṛta26:532:53 AM+1–28:254:25 AM+1good
Cara28:254:25 AM+1–29:585:58 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

05:575:57 AM sunrise17:415:41 PM sunsetsunrise 29:585:58 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Daśamīuntil 22:2710:27 PM
Ekādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 18:476:47 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 15:383:38 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 10:1910:19 AM
Garauntil 22:2710:27 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:257:25 AM–08:538:53 AM
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:1212:12 PM
Pradoṣa 17:415:41 PM–19:197:19 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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. SunriseDaśamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:538:53 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1212:12 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:197:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  9. EkādaśīTithi: Daśamī ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Daśamī22:2710:27 PMEkādaśī
NakṣatraRevatī18:476:47 PMAśvinī
YogaVarīyān15:383:38 PMParigha
KaraṇaTaitila10:1910:19 AMGara
VāraSomavāra29:58 05:585:58 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 870 004
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
13:341:34 PM
Moonset
25:581:58 AM+1

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 twilight04:434:43 AM05:575:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:575:57 AM08:188:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:126:12 AM07:537:53 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:257:25 AM08:538:53 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:188:18 AM10:3810:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2110:21 AM11:4911:49 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1212:12 PM12:5912:59 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM15:203:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:171:17 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:461:46 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:332:33 PM15:203:20 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:203:20 PM17:415:41 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:164:16 PM17:565:56 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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 PM18:546:54 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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