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Tuesday 20 April 1948 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Caitra Śukla Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 02:032:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:2311:23 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:275:27 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:4212:42 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5211:52 AM

The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:5211:52 AM
At noon, 11:5211:52 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 138° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 87% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 138° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

07:237:23 AM–08:018:01 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Kāmadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:583:58 AM–04:434:43 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:204:20 AM–05:275:27 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:269:26 AM–10:5410:54 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:2711:27 AM–12:1812:18 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:522:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:176:17 PM–18:406:40 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:176:17 PM–19:247:24 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:018:01 AM–08:538:53 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:408:40 AM–10:1610:16 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5211:52 AM–13:281:28 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:053:05 PM–16:414:41 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:589:58 PM–23:2711:27 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:4510:45 PM–23:2911:29 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

Roga05:275:27 AM–07:037:03 AMavoid
Udvega07:037:03 AM–08:408:40 AMavoid
Cara08:408:40 AM–10:1610:16 AMneutral
Lābha10:1610:16 AM–11:5211:52 AMgood
Amṛta11:5211:52 AM–13:281:28 PMgood
Kāla13:281:28 PM–15:053:05 PMavoid
Śubha15:053:05 PM–16:414:41 PMgood
Roga16:414:41 PM–18:176:17 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:176:17 PM–19:417:41 PMavoid
Lābha19:417:41 PM–21:059:05 PMgood
Udvega21:059:05 PM–22:2810:28 PMavoid
Śubha22:2810:28 PM–23:5211:52 PMgood
Amṛta23:5211:52 PM–25:151:15 AM+1good
Cara25:151:15 AM+1–26:392:39 AM+1neutral
Roga26:392:39 AM+1–28:034:03 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:034:03 AM+1–29:265:26 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:275:27 AM to 29:265:26 AM+1

05:275:27 AM sunrise18:176:17 PM sunsetsunrise 29:265:26 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 23:2311:23 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 15:203:20 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 24:5312:53 AM+1
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 12:4212:42 PM
Bālavauntil 23:2311:23 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2711:27 AM–12:1812:18 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:053:05 PM–16:414:41 PM
Pradoṣa 18:176:17 PM–19:467:46 PM
Niśītha 23:2811:28 PM–24:1612:16 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 12:1812:18 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:414:41 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 50 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:467:46 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1612:16 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī23:2311:23 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī15:203:20 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaDhruva24:53 00:5312:53 AM WedVyāghāta
KaraṇaBava12:4212:42 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:26 05:265:26 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2005
Śaka
1870
Kali
5049
Ahargaṇa
1 844 196
Day length
12 h 50 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
15:163:16 PM
Moonset
28:004:00 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:583:58 AM05:275:27 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:583:58 AM04:434:43 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:204:20 AM05:275:27 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:275:27 AM08:018:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:018:01 AM10:3510:35 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:018:01 AM08:538:53 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:408:40 AM10:1610:16 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:269:26 AM10:5410:54 AMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2711:27 AM12:1812:18 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2811:28 AM12:1612:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5211:52 AM13:281:28 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:091:09 PM15:433:43 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:522:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:053:05 PM16:414:41 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:433:43 PM18:176:17 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:176:17 PM19:467:46 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:176:17 PM18:406:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:176:17 PM19:247:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:589:58 PM23:2711:27 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4510:45 PM23:2911:29 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2811:28 PM24:1612:16 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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