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Monday 18 May 1959 · Queens, New York, United States

Vaiśākha Śukla Ekādaśī

Somavāra. Ekādaśī began at 01:131:13 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:5110:51 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mohinī Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:365:36 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:0712:07 PM

Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.

Noon

12:5212:52 PM

The Sun 69° above S. Day length 14 h 31 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5212:52 PM
At noon, 12:5212:52 PM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 126° ahead of it, in Hasta, 80% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 126° falls in Śukla Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:204:20 AM–04:584:58 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:394:39 AM–05:365:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla05:505:50 AM–07:217:21 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2312:23 PM–13:211:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:173:17 PM–16:154:15 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:078:07 PM–20:268:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:078:07 PM–21:049:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:145:14+1 AM–30:426:42+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:257:25 AM–09:149:14 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:0311:03 AM–12:5212:52 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:211:21 PM–14:192:19 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:412:41 PM–16:304:30 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:154:15 PM–17:135:13 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya20:238:23 PM–21:529:52 PMa 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

Amṛta05:365:36 AM–07:257:25 AMgood
Kāla07:257:25 AM–09:149:14 AMavoid
Śubha09:149:14 AM–11:0311:03 AMgood
Roga11:0311:03 AM–12:5212:52 PMavoid
Udvega12:5212:52 PM–14:412:41 PMavoid
Cara14:412:41 PM–16:304:30 PMneutral
Lābha16:304:30 PM–18:196:19 PMgood
Amṛta18:196:19 PM–20:078:07 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara20:078:07 PM–21:189:18 PMneutral
Roga21:189:18 PM–22:2910:29 PMavoid
Kāla22:2910:29 PM–23:4011:40 PMavoid
Lābha23:4011:40 PM–24:5212:52+1 AMgood
Udvega24:5212:52+1 AM–26:032:03+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:032:03+1 AM–27:143:14+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:143:14+1 AM–28:254:25+1 AMgood
Cara28:254:25+1 AM–29:365:36+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:365:36 AM to 29:365:36+1 AM

05:365:36 AM sunrise20:078:07 PM sunsetsunrise 29:365:36+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 22:5110:51 PM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 12:3912:39 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 22:3110:31 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 12:0712:07 PM
Viṣṭiuntil 22:5110:51 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:257:25 AM–09:149:14 AM
Abhijit 12:2312:23 PM–13:211:21 PM
Pradoṣa 20:078:07 PM–21:239:23 PM
Niśītha 24:2812:28+1 AM–25:161:16+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. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:149:14 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:211:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 14 h 31 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 21:239:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  9. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  10. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:161:16+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ekādaśī22:5110:51 PMDvādaśī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī12:3912:39 PMHasta
YogaVajra22:3110:31 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaVaṇija12:0712:07 PMViṣṭi
VāraSomavāra29:36 05:365:36 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 241
Day length
14 h 31 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
15:423:42 PM
Moonset
27:363:36+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:204:20 AM05:365:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:204:20 AM04:584:58 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:394:39 AM05:365:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:365:36 AM08:318:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra05:505:50 AM07:217:21 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:257:25 AM09:149:14 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:318:31 AM11:2511:25 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:0311:03 AM12:5212:52 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2312:23 PM13:211:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2812:28 PM13:161:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:211:21 PM14:192:19 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:192:19 PM17:135:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:412:41 PM16:304:30 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:173:17 PM16:154:15 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:154:15 PM17:135:13 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:135:13 PM20:078:07 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:078:07 PM21:239:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:078:07 PM20:268:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:078:07 PM21:049:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:238:23 PM21:529:52 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:2812:28+1 AM25:161:16+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:145:14+1 AM30:426:42+1 AMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
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