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Tuesday 18 January 2000 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 05:035:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:541:54 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:176:17 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:527:52 AM

Śukla gives way to Brahma.

Noon

13:301:30 PM

The Sun 73° above N. Day length 14 h 25 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMelbourne13:301:30 PM
At noon, 13:301:30 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 137° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 86% 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

14:572:57 PM–17:505:50 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:015:01 AM–05:395:39 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:205:20 AM–06:176:17 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:011:01 PM–13:591:59 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla15:333:33 PM–17:005:00 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya15:543:54 PM–16:524:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:438:43 PM–21:029:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:438:43 PM–21:409:40 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:109:10 AM–10:0810:08 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:549:54 AM–11:4211:42 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:1311:13 AM–12:3912:39 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika13:301:30 PM–15:183:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla17:065:06 PM–18:556:55 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:2611:26 PM–24:5212:52 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta24:3312:33 AM+1–25:111:11 AM+1an 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

Roga06:176:17 AM–08:058:05 AMavoid
Udvega08:058:05 AM–09:549:54 AMavoid
Cara09:549:54 AM–11:4211:42 AMneutral
Lābha11:4211:42 AM–13:301:30 PMgood
Amṛta13:301:30 PM–15:183:18 PMgood
Kāla15:183:18 PM–17:065:06 PMavoid
Śubha17:065:06 PM–18:556:55 PMgood
Roga18:556:55 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla20:438:43 PM–21:559:55 PMavoid
Lābha21:559:55 PM–23:0711:07 PMgood
Udvega23:0711:07 PM–24:1912:19 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:1912:19 AM+1–25:311:31 AM+1good
Amṛta25:311:31 AM+1–26:432:43 AM+1good
Cara26:432:43 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1neutral
Roga27:543:54 AM+1–29:065:06 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:065:06 AM+1–30:186:18 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:176:17 AM to 30:186:18 AM+1

06:176:17 AM sunrise20:438:43 PM sunsetsunrise 30:186:18 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 25:541:54 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇīuntil 18:266:26 PM
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 07:527:52 AM
Brahmauntil 28:014:01 AM+1
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:313:31 PM
Bālavauntil 25:541:54 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 13:011:01 PM–13:591:59 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:065:06 PM–18:556:55 PM
Pradoṣa 20:438:43 PM–22:0010:00 PM
Niśītha 25:071:07 AM+1–25:551:55 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. SunriseDvādaśī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:591:59 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:556:55 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. MṛgaśirāNakṣatra: Rohiṇī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 25 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 22:0010:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:551:55 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī25:54 01:541:54 AM WedTrayodaśī
NakṣatraRohiṇī18:266:26 PMMṛgaśirā
YogaŚukla07:527:52 AMBrahma
KaraṇaBava15:313:31 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:18 06:186:18 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 096
Day length
14 h 25 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
17:405:40 PM
Moonset
27:533:53 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:015:01 AM06:176:17 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:015:01 AM05:395:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:205:20 AM06:176:17 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:176:17 AM09:109:10 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:109:10 AM12:0312:03 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:109:10 AM10:0810:08 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:549:54 AM11:4211:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:1311:13 AM12:3912:39 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:011:01 PM13:591:59 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday13:061:06 PM13:541:54 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:301:30 PM15:183:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:572:57 PM17:505:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:333:33 PM17:005:00 PMsixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:543:54 PM16:524:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:065:06 PM18:556:55 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:505:50 PM20:438:43 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:438:43 PM22:0010:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:438:43 PM21:029:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:438:43 PM21:409:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:2611:26 PM24:5212:52 AM+1sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:3312:33 AM+125:111:11 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight25:071:07 AM+125:551:55 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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