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Tuesday 18 December 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Daśamī

Maṅgalavāra. Daśamī began at 06:296:29 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:576:57 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:556:55 AM

Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:576:57 AM

Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 122° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 77% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 122° falls in Śukla Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:015:01 AM–05:585:58 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:305:30 AM–06:556:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3011:30 AM–12:0912:09 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:281:28 PM–14:082:08 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:454:45 PM–17:135:13 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:454:45 PM–18:106:10 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:198:19 PM–21:579:57 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:538:53 AM–09:329:32 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:229:22 AM–10:3610:36 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5011:50 AM–13:041:04 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:172:17 PM–15:313:31 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2510:25 PM–23:2211:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya23:3411:34 PM–25:121:12 AM+1a 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

Roga06:556:55 AM–08:088:08 AMavoid
Udvega08:088:08 AM–09:229:22 AMavoid
Cara09:229:22 AM–10:3610:36 AMneutral
Lābha10:3610:36 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Amṛta11:5011:50 AM–13:041:04 PMgood
Kāla13:041:04 PM–14:172:17 PMavoid
Śubha14:172:17 PM–15:313:31 PMgood
Roga15:313:31 PM–16:454:45 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:454:45 PM–18:316:31 PMavoid
Lābha18:316:31 PM–20:188:18 PMgood
Udvega20:188:18 PM–22:0410:04 PMavoid
Śubha22:0410:04 PM–23:5011:50 PMgood
Amṛta23:5011:50 PM–25:361:36 AM+1good
Cara25:361:36 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1neutral
Roga27:233:23 AM+1–29:095:09 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:095:09 AM+1–30:556:55 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:556:55 AM to 30:556:55 AM+1

06:556:55 AM sunrise16:454:45 PM sunsetsunrise 30:556:55 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Daśamīuntil 06:576:57 AM
Ekādaśīuntil 30:356:35 AM+1
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 27:383:38 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 22:5010:50 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 06:576:57 AM
Vaṇijauntil 18:526:52 PM
Viṣṭiuntil 30:356:35 AM+1
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3011:30 AM–12:0912:09 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:172:17 PM–15:313:31 PM
Pradoṣa 16:454:45 PM–18:386:38 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. EkādaśīTithi: Daśamī ends.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0912:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:313:31 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 50 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:386:38 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  9. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  12. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  13. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  14. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Daśamī06:576:57 AMEkādaśī
NakṣatraAśvinī27:38 03:383:38 AM WedBharaṇī
YogaParigha22:5010:50 PMŚiva
KaraṇaGara06:576:57 AMVaṇija
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:55 06:556:55 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 870 005
Day length
9 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
13:481:48 PM
Moonset
26:522:52 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:015:01 AM06:556:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:015:01 AM05:585:58 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:305:30 AM06:556:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:556:55 AM08:538:53 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:538:53 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:538:53 AM09:329:32 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:229:22 AM10:3610:36 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3011:30 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM13:041:04 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4912:49 PM14:472:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:281:28 PM14:082:08 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:172:17 PM15:313:31 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:472:47 PM16:454:45 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:454:45 PM18:386:38 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:454:45 PM17:135:13 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:454:45 PM18:106:10 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:198:19 PM21:579:57 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2510:25 PM23:2211:22 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:3411:34 PM25:121:12 AM+1sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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