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Tuesday 21 March 1978 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Phālguna Śukla Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 19:117:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:358:35 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:186:18 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:577:57 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2112:21 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 12 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMultan12:2112:21 PM
At noon, 12:2112:21 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 140° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 88% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 140° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

06:186:18 AM–08:438:43 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Āmalakī Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:434:43 AM–05:305:30 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:075:07 AM–06:186:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5711:57 AM–12:4612:46 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:232:23 PM–15:113:11 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:434:43 PM–18:276:27 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:256:25 PM–18:496:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:256:25 PM–19:377:37 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:196:19 AM–08:038:03 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:438:43 AM–09:329:32 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:209:20 AM–10:5110:51 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2212:22 PM–13:531:53 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:243:24 PM–16:554:55 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:1011:10 PM–23:5711:57 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

Roga06:186:18 AM–07:497:49 AMavoid
Udvega07:497:49 AM–09:209:20 AMavoid
Cara09:209:20 AM–10:5110:51 AMneutral
Lābha10:5110:51 AM–12:2212:22 PMgood
Amṛta12:2212:22 PM–13:531:53 PMgood
Kāla13:531:53 PM–15:243:24 PMavoid
Śubha15:243:24 PM–16:554:55 PMgood
Roga16:554:55 PM–18:256:25 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:256:25 PM–19:547:54 PMavoid
Lābha19:547:54 PM–21:239:23 PMgood
Udvega21:239:23 PM–22:5210:52 PMavoid
Śubha22:5210:52 PM–24:2112:21 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2112:21 AM+1–25:501:50 AM+1good
Cara25:501:50 AM+1–27:193:19 AM+1neutral
Roga27:193:19 AM+1–28:484:48 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:484:48 AM+1–30:176:17 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

06:186:18 AM sunrise18:256:25 PM sunsetsunrise 30:176:17 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 20:358:35 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāuntil 18:276:27 PM
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 11:5011:50 AM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 07:577:57 AM
Bālavauntil 20:358:35 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5711:57 AM–12:4612:46 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:243:24 PM–16:554:55 PM
Pradoṣa 18:256:25 PM–20:008:00 PM
Niśītha 23:5711:57 PM–24:4512:45 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. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4612:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:554:55 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 08 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:008:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. MaghāNakṣatra: Āśleṣā ends.
  9. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:4512:45 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī20:358:35 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraĀśleṣā18:276:27 PMMaghā
YogaSukarmā11:5011:50 AMDhṛti
KaraṇaBava07:577:57 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:17 06:176:17 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2034
Śaka
1899
Kali
5078
Ahargaṇa
1 855 123
Day length
12 h 08 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
15:293:29 PM
Moonset
28:364:36 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:434:43 AM06:186:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:434:43 AM05:305:30 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:075:07 AM06:186:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:186:18 AM08:438:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:196:19 AM08:038:03 AMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:438:43 AM11:0911:09 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:438:43 AM09:329:32 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:209:20 AM10:5110:51 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5711:57 AM12:4612:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2212:22 PM13:531:53 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:341:34 PM16:004:00 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:232:23 PM15:113:11 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:243:24 PM16:554:55 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:004:00 PM18:256:25 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:434:43 PM18:276:27 PMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:256:25 PM20:008:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:256:25 PM18:496:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:256:25 PM19:377:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1011:10 PM23:5711:57 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5711:57 PM24:4512:45 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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