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Wednesday 20 April 2005 · Queens, New York, United States

Caitra Śukla Dvādaśī

Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 05:485:48 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:486:48 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:096:09 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:518:51 AM

Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.

Noon

12:5412:54 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 13 h 31 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5412:54 PM
At noon, 12:5412:54 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 135° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 135° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

14:162:16 PM–16:584:58 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Kāmadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:454:45 AM–05:275:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:065:06 AM–06:096:09 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla14:422:42 PM–16:254:25 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya15:103:10 PM–16:044:04 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:407:40 PM–20:018:01 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:407:40 PM–20:438:43 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:517:51 AM–09:329:32 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:1311:13 AM–12:5512:55 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2812:28 PM–13:221:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:5512:55 PM–14:362:36 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya29:095:09 AM+1–30:506:50 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

Lābha06:096:09 AM–07:517:51 AMgood
Amṛta07:517:51 AM–09:329:32 AMgood
Kāla09:329:32 AM–11:1311:13 AMavoid
Śubha11:1311:13 AM–12:5512:55 PMgood
Roga12:5512:55 PM–14:362:36 PMavoid
Udvega14:362:36 PM–16:174:17 PMavoid
Cara16:174:17 PM–17:595:59 PMneutral
Lābha17:595:59 PM–19:407:40 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:407:40 PM–20:588:58 PMavoid
Śubha20:588:58 PM–22:1710:17 PMgood
Amṛta22:1710:17 PM–23:3511:35 PMgood
Cara23:3511:35 PM–24:5412:54 AM+1neutral
Roga24:5412:54 AM+1–26:122:12 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:122:12 AM+1–27:313:31 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:313:31 AM+1–28:494:49 AM+1good
Udvega28:494:49 AM+1–30:086:08 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:096:09 AM to 30:086:08 AM+1

06:096:09 AM sunrise19:407:40 PM sunsetsunrise 30:086:08 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 21:359:35 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 08:518:51 AM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 18:236:23 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:5512:55 PM–14:362:36 PM
Pradoṣa 19:407:40 PM–21:049:04 PM
Niśītha 24:3012:30 AM+1–25:181:18 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:362:36 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 31 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 21:049:04 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:181:18 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśīpast sunriseTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī21:359:35 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaVṛddhi08:518:51 AMDhruva
KaraṇaBava18:236:23 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra30:08 06:086:08 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2062
Śaka
1927
Kali
5106
Ahargaṇa
1 865 015
Day length
13 h 31 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
15:543:54 PM
Moonset
28:544:54 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:454:45 AM06:096:09 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:454:45 AM05:275:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:065:06 AM06:096:09 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:096:09 AM08:518:51 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:517:51 AM09:329:32 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:518:51 AM11:3311:33 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:1311:13 AM12:5512:55 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2812:28 PM13:221:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:3112:31 PM13:191:19 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:5512:55 PM14:362:36 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:162:16 PM16:584:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:422:42 PM16:254:25 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:103:10 PM16:044:04 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:584:58 PM19:407:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:407:40 PM21:049:04 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:407:40 PM20:018:01 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:407:40 PM20:438:43 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:3012:30 AM+125:181:18 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:095:09 AM+130:506:50 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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