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Monday 18 April 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Caitra Śukla Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:0712:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:192:19+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:185:18 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5711:57 AM

Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 09 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 137° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 87% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 137° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

06:406:40 AM–07:567:56 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Kāmadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:513:51 AM–04:354:35 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:134:13 AM–05:185:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2711:27 AM–12:1912:19 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:042:04 PM–14:572:57 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:072:07 PM–15:533:53 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:276:27 PM–18:496:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:276:27 PM–19:327:32 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:576:57 AM–08:368:36 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1410:14 AM–11:5311:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1912:19 PM–13:121:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:321:32 PM–15:103:10 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:572:57 PM–15:503:50 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

Amṛta05:185:18 AM–06:576:57 AMgood
Kāla06:576:57 AM–08:368:36 AMavoid
Śubha08:368:36 AM–10:1410:14 AMgood
Roga10:1410:14 AM–11:5311:53 AMavoid
Udvega11:5311:53 AM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Cara13:321:32 PM–15:103:10 PMneutral
Lābha15:103:10 PM–16:494:49 PMgood
Amṛta16:494:49 PM–18:276:27 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:276:27 PM–19:497:49 PMneutral
Roga19:497:49 PM–21:109:10 PMavoid
Kāla21:109:10 PM–22:3110:31 PMavoid
Lābha22:3110:31 PM–23:5211:52 PMgood
Udvega23:5211:52 PM–25:131:13+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:131:13+1 AM–26:352:35+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:352:35+1 AM–27:563:56+1 AMgood
Cara27:563:56+1 AM–29:175:17+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:185:18 AM to 29:175:17+1 AM

05:185:18 AM sunrise18:276:27 PM sunsetsunrise 29:175:17+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 26:192:19+1 AM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 21:139:13 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 11:5711:57 AM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:111:11 PM
Bālavauntil 26:192:19+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:576:57 AM–08:368:36 AM
Abhijit 11:2711:27 AM–12:1912:19 PM
Pradoṣa 18:276:27 PM–19:547:54 PM
Niśītha 23:2811:28 PM–24:1612:16+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 08:368:36 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1912:19 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 09 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:547:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1612:16+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī26:19 02:192:19 AM TueTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī21:139:13 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaVṛddhi11:5711:57 AMDhruva
KaraṇaBava13:111:11 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra29:17 05:175:17 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 031
Day length
13 h 09 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
15:093:09 PM
Moonset
27:473:47+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:513:51 AM05:185:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:513:51 AM04:354:35 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:134:13 AM05:185:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:185:18 AM07:567:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:576:57 AM08:368:36 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:567:56 AM10:3410:34 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1410:14 AM11:5311:53 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2711:27 AM12:1912:19 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1912:19 PM13:121:12 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:503:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:321:32 PM15:103:10 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:042:04 PM14:572:57 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:072:07 PM15:533:53 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:572:57 PM15:503:50 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:503:50 PM18:276:27 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:276:27 PM19:547:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:276:27 PM18:496:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:276:27 PM19:327:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2811:28 PM24:1612:16+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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