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Friday 9 January 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:194:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:033:03 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:268:26 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:2310:23 AM

Kṛttikā gives way to Rohiṇī.

Noon

13:201:20 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 48 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:201:20 PM
At noon, 13:201:20 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 137° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 137° falls in Śukla Dvādaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

10:0010:00 AM–10:2410:24 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:326:32 AM–07:297:29 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā07:017:01 AM–08:268:26 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:001:00 PM–13:401:40 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:582:58 PM–15:373:37 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:146:14 PM–18:436:43 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:146:14 PM–19:397:39 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:426:42 AM+1–32:168:16 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika09:399:39 AM–10:5310:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2410:24 AM–11:0311:03 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0712:07 PM–13:201:20 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:401:40 PM–14:192:19 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:473:47 PM–17:015:01 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya26:012:01 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1a 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

Cara08:268:26 AM–09:399:39 AMneutral
Lābha09:399:39 AM–10:5310:53 AMgood
Amṛta10:5310:53 AM–12:0712:07 PMgood
Kāla12:0712:07 PM–13:201:20 PMavoid
Śubha13:201:20 PM–14:342:34 PMgood
Roga14:342:34 PM–15:473:47 PMavoid
Udvega15:473:47 PM–17:015:01 PMavoid
Cara17:015:01 PM–18:146:14 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:146:14 PM–20:018:01 PMavoid
Kāla20:018:01 PM–21:479:47 PMavoid
Lābha21:479:47 PM–23:3411:34 PMgood
Udvega23:3411:34 PM–25:201:20 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:201:20 AM+1–27:063:06 AM+1good
Amṛta27:063:06 AM+1–28:534:53 AM+1good
Cara28:534:53 AM+1–30:396:39 AM+1neutral
Roga30:396:39 AM+1–32:268:26 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:268:26 AM to 32:268:26 AM+1

08:268:26 AM sunrise18:146:14 PM sunsetsunrise 32:268:26 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 27:033:03 AM+1
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 10:2310:23 AM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 13:271:27 PM
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:393:39 PM
Bālavauntil 27:033:03 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0712:07 PM–13:201:20 PM
Abhijit 13:001:00 PM–13:401:40 PM
Pradoṣa 18:146:14 PM–20:088:08 PM
Niśītha 24:5612:56 AM+1–25:441:44 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:201:20 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:401:40 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 48 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:088:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:441:44 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī27:03 03:033:03 AM SatTrayodaśī
NakṣatraKṛttikā10:2310:23 AMRohiṇī
YogaŚubha13:271:27 PMŚukla
KaraṇaBava15:393:39 PMBālava
VāraŚukravāra32:26 08:268:26 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 357
Day length
9 h 48 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
15:343:34 PM
Moonset
29:455:45 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:326:32 AM08:268:26 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:326:32 AM07:297:29 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight07:017:01 AM08:268:26 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:268:26 AM10:2410:24 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:399:39 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2410:24 AM12:2112:21 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2410:24 AM11:0311:03 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0712:07 PM13:201:20 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5612:56 PM13:441:44 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:001:00 PM13:401:40 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:401:40 PM14:192:19 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:192:19 PM16:174:17 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:582:58 PM15:373:37 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:473:47 PM17:015:01 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:174:17 PM18:146:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:146:14 PM20:088:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:146:14 PM18:436:43 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:146:14 PM19:397:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:5612:56 AM+125:441:44 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:012:01 AM+127:353:35 AM+1sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:426:42 AM+132:168:16 AM+1sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
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