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Tuesday 18 January 2000 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 23:3311:33 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:248:24 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0110:01 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:4912:49 PM

The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 00 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:4912:49 PM
At noon, 12:4912:49 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 140° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 88% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 140° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

07:197:19 AM–09:319:31 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:355:35 AM–06:276:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:016:01 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:0310:03 AM–11:3011:30 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2712:27 PM–13:111:11 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:392:39 PM–15:233:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:196:19 PM–18:456:45 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:196:19 PM–19:377:37 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:302:30+1 AM–27:563:56+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:319:31 AM–10:1510:15 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0410:04 AM–11:2611:26 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:4912:49 PM–14:112:11 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:343:34 PM–16:564:56 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:565:56 PM–19:227:22 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:3111:31 PM–24:2312:23+1 AMan 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

Roga07:197:19 AM–08:418:41 AMavoid
Udvega08:418:41 AM–10:0410:04 AMavoid
Cara10:0410:04 AM–11:2611:26 AMneutral
Lābha11:2611:26 AM–12:4912:49 PMgood
Amṛta12:4912:49 PM–14:112:11 PMgood
Kāla14:112:11 PM–15:343:34 PMavoid
Śubha15:343:34 PM–16:564:56 PMgood
Roga16:564:56 PM–18:196:19 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:196:19 PM–19:567:56 PMavoid
Lābha19:567:56 PM–21:349:34 PMgood
Udvega21:349:34 PM–23:1111:11 PMavoid
Śubha23:1111:11 PM–24:4912:49+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:4912:49+1 AM–26:262:26+1 AMgood
Cara26:262:26+1 AM–28:044:04+1 AMneutral
Roga28:044:04+1 AM–29:415:41+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:415:41+1 AM–31:197:19+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:197:19+1 AM

07:197:19 AM sunrise18:196:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 20:248:24 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇīuntil 12:5612:56 PM
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 22:3110:31 PM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:0110:01 AM
Bālavauntil 20:248:24 PM
Kaulavauntil 30:436:43+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2712:27 PM–13:111:11 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:343:34 PM–16:564:56 PM
Pradoṣa 18:196:19 PM–20:038:03 PM
Niśītha 24:2512:25+1 AM–25:131:13+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:111:11 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. MṛgaśirāNakṣatra: Rohiṇī ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:564:56 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 00 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:038:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:131:13+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī20:248:24 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraRohiṇī12:5612:56 PMMṛgaśirā
YogaBrahma22:3110:31 PMIndra
KaraṇaBava10:0110:01 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:19 07:197:19 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 096
Day length
11 h 00 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
15:343:34 PM
Moonset
29:075:07+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:355:35 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:355:35 AM06:276:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:016:01 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:319:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:319:31 AM11:4311:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:319:31 AM10:1510:15 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:0310:03 AM11:3011:30 AMsixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0410:04 AM11:2611:26 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2512:25 PM13:131:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2712:27 PM13:111:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4912:49 PM14:112:11 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:551:55 PM16:074:07 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:392:39 PM15:233:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:343:34 PM16:564:56 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:074:07 PM18:196:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:565:56 PM19:227:22 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:196:19 PM20:038:03 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:196:19 PM18:456:45 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:196:19 PM19:377:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:3111:31 PM24:2312:23+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2512:25+1 AM25:131:13+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:302:30+1 AM27:563:56+1 AMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
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