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Monday 3 January 2000 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 13:201:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:523:52 PM.

Observed here on this day

Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 105 of 105 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:177:17 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:032:03 PM

Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.

Noon

12:4312:43 PM

The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 52 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:4312:43 PM
At noon, 12:4312:43 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 323° ahead of it, in Anurādhā, 10% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 323° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

07:177:17 AM–09:279:27 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Saphalā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:325:32 AM–06:246:24 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:585:58 AM–07:177:17 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2112:21 PM–13:051:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:3912:39 PM–14:272:27 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:322:32 PM–15:153:15 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:096:09 PM–18:356:35 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:096:09 PM–19:287:28 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:388:38 AM–10:0010:00 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2111:21 AM–12:4312:43 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:051:05 PM–13:481:48 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:042:04 PM–15:263:26 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:153:15 PM–15:593:59 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya30:406:40+1 AM–32:288:28+1 AMa 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

Amṛta07:177:17 AM–08:388:38 AMgood
Kāla08:388:38 AM–10:0010:00 AMavoid
Śubha10:0010:00 AM–11:2111:21 AMgood
Roga11:2111:21 AM–12:4312:43 PMavoid
Udvega12:4312:43 PM–14:042:04 PMavoid
Cara14:042:04 PM–15:263:26 PMneutral
Lābha15:263:26 PM–16:474:47 PMgood
Amṛta16:474:47 PM–18:096:09 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:096:09 PM–19:477:47 PMneutral
Roga19:477:47 PM–21:269:26 PMavoid
Kāla21:269:26 PM–23:0411:04 PMavoid
Lābha23:0411:04 PM–24:4312:43+1 AMgood
Udvega24:4312:43+1 AM–26:212:21+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:212:21+1 AM–28:004:00+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:004:00+1 AM–29:395:39+1 AMgood
Cara29:395:39+1 AM–31:177:17+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:177:17 AM to 31:177:17+1 AM

07:177:17 AM sunrise18:096:09 PM sunsetsunrise 31:177:17+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 15:523:52 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Anurādhāuntil 24:2112:21+1 AM
Jyeṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 14:032:03 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 15:523:52 PM
Garauntil 29:115:11+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:388:38 AM–10:0010:00 AM
Abhijit 12:2112:21 PM–13:051:05 PM
Pradoṣa 18:096:09 PM–19:547:54 PM
Niśītha 24:1912:19+1 AM–25:071:07+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. SunriseDvādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:0010:00 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:051:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  5. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  6. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 52 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:547:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:071:07+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. JyeṣṭhāNakṣatra: Anurādhā ends.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvādaśī15:523:52 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraAnurādhā24:21 00:2112:21 AM TueJyeṣṭhā
YogaŚūla14:032:03 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaTaitila15:523:52 PMGara
VāraSomavāra31:17 07:177:17 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 081
Day length
10 h 52 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
29:065:06+1 AM
Moonset
15:413:41 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:325:32 AM07:177:17 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:325:32 AM06:246:24 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:585:58 AM07:177:17 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:177:17 AM09:279:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:388:38 AM10:0010:00 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:279:27 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2111:21 AM12:4312:43 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1912:19 PM13:071:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2112:21 PM13:051:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:3912:39 PM14:272:27 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:051:05 PM13:481:48 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:481:48 PM15:593:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:042:04 PM15:263:26 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:322:32 PM15:153:15 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:153:15 PM15:593:59 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:593:59 PM18:096:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:096:09 PM19:547:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:096:09 PM18:356:35 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:096:09 PM19:287:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1912:19+1 AM25:071:07+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra30:406:40+1 AM32:288:28+1 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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