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Monday 18 April 2016 · Tehran, Iran

Caitra Śukla Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:0712:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:192:19+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:286:28 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5711:57 AM

Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.

Noon

13:041:04 PM

The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran13:041:04 PM
At noon, 13:041:04 PM, 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

06:406:40 AM–09:069:06 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Kāmadā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:015:01 AM–05:455:45 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:235:23 AM–06:286:28 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:3712:37 PM–13:301:30 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla14:072:07 PM–15:533:53 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya15:163:16 PM–16:094:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:407:40 PM–20:028:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:407:40 PM–20:458:45 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:078:07 AM–09:469:46 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2511:25 AM–13:041:04 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:301:30 PM–14:232:23 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:432:43 PM–16:224:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:094:09 PM–17:025:02 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:185:18+1 AM–31:067:06+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

Amṛta06:286:28 AM–08:078:07 AMgood
Kāla08:078:07 AM–09:469:46 AMavoid
Śubha09:469:46 AM–11:2511:25 AMgood
Roga11:2511:25 AM–13:041:04 PMavoid
Udvega13:041:04 PM–14:432:43 PMavoid
Cara14:432:43 PM–16:224:22 PMneutral
Lābha16:224:22 PM–18:016:01 PMgood
Amṛta18:016:01 PM–19:407:40 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:407:40 PM–21:019:01 PMneutral
Roga21:019:01 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Kāla22:2210:22 PM–23:4211:42 PMavoid
Lābha23:4211:42 PM–25:031:03+1 AMgood
Udvega25:031:03+1 AM–26:242:24+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:242:24+1 AM–27:453:45+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:453:45+1 AM–29:065:06+1 AMgood
Cara29:065:06+1 AM–30:276:27+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:286:28 AM to 30:276:27+1 AM

06:286:28 AM sunrise19:407:40 PM sunsetsunrise 30:276:27+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 26:192:19+1 AM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 21:139:13 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 11:5711:57 AM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:111:11 PM
Bālavauntil 26:192:19+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:078:07 AM–09:469:46 AM
Abhijit 12:3712:37 PM–13:301:30 PM
Pradoṣa 19:407:40 PM–21:069:06 PM
Niśītha 24:3912:39+1 AM–25:271:27+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 09:469:46 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:301:30 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 12 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 21:069:06 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:271:27+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī26:19 02:192:19 AM TueTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī21:139:13 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaVṛddhi11:5711:57 AMDhruva
KaraṇaBava13:111:11 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:27 06:276:27 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 031
Day length
13 h 12 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
16:224:22 PM
Moonset
29:005:00+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:015:01 AM06:286:28 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:015:01 AM05:455:45 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:235:23 AM06:286:28 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:286:28 AM09:069:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:078:07 AM09:469:46 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:069:06 AM11:4511:45 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2511:25 AM13:041:04 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3712:37 PM13:301:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:4012:40 PM13:281:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:301:30 PM14:232:23 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:072:07 PM15:533:53 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:232:23 PM17:025:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:432:43 PM16:224:22 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:163:16 PM16:094:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:094:09 PM17:025:02 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:025:02 PM19:407:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:407:40 PM21:069:06 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:407:40 PM20:028:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:407:40 PM20:458:45 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:3912:39+1 AM25:271:27+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:185:18+1 AM31:067:06+1 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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