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Monday 17 February 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Māgha Śukla Ekādaśī

Somavāra. Ekādaśī began at 06:566:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:418:41 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:008:00 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:0911:09 AM

Mṛgaśirā gives way to Ārdrā.

Noon

13:271:27 PM

The Sun 41° above S. Day length 10 h 56 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:271:27 PM
At noon, 13:271:27 PM, the Sun is in Dhaniṣṭhā and the Moon 123° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 77% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 123° falls in Śukla Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:156:15 AM–07:077:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:416:41 AM–08:008:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:051:05 PM–13:491:49 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:173:17 PM–16:004:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:556:55 PM–19:217:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:556:55 PM–20:138:13 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:312:31 AM+1–28:164:16 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla09:219:21 AM–10:4310:43 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:0512:05 PM–13:271:27 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:491:49 PM–14:332:33 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:492:49 PM–16:114:11 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:004:00 PM–16:444:44 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya20:228:22 PM–22:0710:07 PMa 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

Amṛta08:008:00 AM–09:219:21 AMgood
Kāla09:219:21 AM–10:4310:43 AMavoid
Śubha10:4310:43 AM–12:0512:05 PMgood
Roga12:0512:05 PM–13:271:27 PMavoid
Udvega13:271:27 PM–14:492:49 PMavoid
Cara14:492:49 PM–16:114:11 PMneutral
Lābha16:114:11 PM–17:335:33 PMgood
Amṛta17:335:33 PM–18:556:55 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:556:55 PM–20:338:33 PMneutral
Roga20:338:33 PM–22:1110:11 PMavoid
Kāla22:1110:11 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Lābha23:4911:49 PM–25:271:27 AM+1good
Udvega25:271:27 AM+1–27:053:05 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:053:05 AM+1–28:434:43 AM+1good
Amṛta28:434:43 AM+1–30:206:20 AM+1good
Cara30:206:20 AM+1–31:587:58 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:008:00 AM to 31:587:58 AM+1

08:008:00 AM sunrise18:556:55 PM sunsetsunrise 31:587:58 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Ekādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 11:0911:09 AM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 14:452:45 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 19:457:45 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:219:21 AM–10:4310:43 AM
Abhijit 13:051:05 PM–13:491:49 PM
Pradoṣa 18:556:55 PM–20:398:39 PM
Niśītha 25:031:03 AM+1–25:511:51 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. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4310:43 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:491:49 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 56 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:398:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:511:51 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ekādaśīpast sunriseDvādaśī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā11:0911:09 AMĀrdrā
YogaViṣkambha14:452:45 PMPrīti
KaraṇaVaṇija19:457:45 PMViṣṭi
VāraSomavāra31:58 07:587:58 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 862 031
Day length
10 h 56 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
14:392:39 PM
Moonset
28:554:55 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:156:15 AM08:008:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:156:15 AM07:077:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:416:41 AM08:008:00 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:008:00 AM10:1110:11 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:219:21 AM10:4310:43 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:1110:11 AM12:2212:22 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:0512:05 PM13:271:27 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday13:031:03 PM13:511:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:051:05 PM13:491:49 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:491:49 PM14:332:33 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:332:33 PM16:444:44 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:492:49 PM16:114:11 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:173:17 PM16:004:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:004:00 PM16:444:44 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:444:44 PM18:556:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:556:55 PM20:398:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:556:55 PM19:217:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:556:55 PM20:138:13 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:228:22 PM22:0710:07 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight25:031:03 AM+125:511:51 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:312:31 AM+128:164:16 AM+1sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
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