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Tuesday 14 January 2003 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:324:32 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:525:52 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:175:17 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:0412:04 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0412:04 PM
At noon, 12:0412:04 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 136° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 136° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

13:021:02 PM–14:562:56 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4511:45 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:401:40 PM–14:182:18 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:514:51 PM–17:205:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:514:51 PM–18:186:18 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:1611:16 PM–25:001:00 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:139:13 AM–09:519:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0512:05 PM–13:161:16 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:282:28 PM–15:393:39 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya18:056:05 PM–19:497:49 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:3810:38 PM–23:3511:35 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

Roga07:187:18 AM–08:308:30 AMavoid
Udvega08:308:30 AM–09:419:41 AMavoid
Cara09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMneutral
Lābha10:5310:53 AM–12:0512:05 PMgood
Amṛta12:0512:05 PM–13:161:16 PMgood
Kāla13:161:16 PM–14:282:28 PMavoid
Śubha14:282:28 PM–15:393:39 PMgood
Roga15:393:39 PM–16:514:51 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:514:51 PM–18:396:39 PMavoid
Lābha18:396:39 PM–20:288:28 PMgood
Udvega20:288:28 PM–22:1610:16 PMavoid
Śubha22:1610:16 PM–24:0412:04 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0412:04 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1good
Cara25:531:53 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1neutral
Roga27:413:41 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:295:29 AM+1–31:187:18 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:187:18 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise16:514:51 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 29:525:52 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇīuntil 26:432:43 AM+1
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 19:177:17 PM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 17:175:17 PM
Bālavauntil 29:525:52 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4511:45 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:282:28 PM–15:393:39 PM
Pradoṣa 16:514:51 PM–18:476:47 PM
Niśītha 23:4011:40 PM–24:2812:28 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. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:393:39 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 33 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:476:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. MṛgaśirāNakṣatra: Rohiṇī ends.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī29:52 05:525:52 AM WedTrayodaśī
NakṣatraRohiṇī26:43 02:432:43 AM WedMṛgaśirā
YogaŚukla19:177:17 PMBrahma
KaraṇaBava17:175:17 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:18 07:187:18 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 188
Day length
9 h 33 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
13:351:35 PM
Moonset
28:534:53 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:139:13 AM09:519:51 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:419:41 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4111:41 AM12:2912:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4511:45 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0512:05 PM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM14:562:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:401:40 PM14:182:18 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:282:28 PM15:393:39 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:562:56 PM16:514:51 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:514:51 PM18:476:47 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:514:51 PM17:205:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:514:51 PM18:186:18 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:056:05 PM19:497:49 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3810:38 PM23:3511:35 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:1611:16 PM25:001:00 AM+1sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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