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Wednesday 30 December 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Pauṣa Śukla Dvādaśī

Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 22:3110:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:317:31 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 29 of 115 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

08:258:25 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:029:02 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

13:151:15 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:151:15 PM
At noon, 13:151:15 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 140° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 89% 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

08:258:25 AM–10:2110:21 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Putradā Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:306:30 AM–07:287:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:596:59 AM–08:258:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:522:52 PM–15:313:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:066:06 PM–18:346:34 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:066:06 PM–19:327:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:267:26 PM–20:538:53 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa09:389:38 AM–10:5010:50 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:4510:45 AM–12:1212:12 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika12:0312:03 PM–13:151:15 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5612:56 PM–13:351:35 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha08:258:25 AM–09:389:38 AMgood
Amṛta09:389:38 AM–10:5010:50 AMgood
Kāla10:5010:50 AM–12:0312:03 PMavoid
Śubha12:0312:03 PM–13:151:15 PMgood
Roga13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PMavoid
Udvega14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMavoid
Cara15:403:40 PM–16:534:53 PMneutral
Lābha16:534:53 PM–18:066:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:066:06 PM–19:537:53 PMavoid
Śubha19:537:53 PM–21:419:41 PMgood
Amṛta21:419:41 PM–23:2811:28 PMgood
Cara23:2811:28 PM–25:151:15 AM+1neutral
Roga25:151:15 AM+1–27:033:03 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:033:03 AM+1–28:504:50 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:504:50 AM+1–30:386:38 AM+1good
Udvega30:386:38 AM+1–32:258:25 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:258:25 AM to 32:258:25 AM+1

08:258:25 AM sunrise18:066:06 PM sunsetsunrise 32:258:25 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 19:317:31 PM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 21:369:36 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 19:227:22 PM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:029:02 AM
Bālavauntil 19:317:31 PM
Kaulavauntil 30:006:00 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PM
Pradoṣa 18:066:06 PM–20:008:00 PM
Niśītha 24:5112:51 AM+1–25:391:39 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:282:28 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 41 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 20:008:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  7. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:391:39 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvādaśī19:317:31 PMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraKṛttikā21:369:36 PMRohiṇī
YogaSādhya19:227:22 PMŚubha
KaraṇaBava09:029:02 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra32:25 08:258:25 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 712
Day length
9 h 41 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
15:523:52 PM
Moonset
29:585:58 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:306:30 AM08:258:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:306:30 AM07:287:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:596:59 AM08:258:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:258:25 AM10:2110:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:389:38 AM10:5010:50 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2110:21 AM12:1712:17 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:4510:45 AM12:1212:12 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:151:15 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5112:51 PM13:391:39 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5612:56 PM13:351:35 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:151:15 PM14:282:28 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:132:13 PM16:104:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:522:52 PM15:313:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:104:10 PM18:066:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:066:06 PM20:008:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:066:06 PM18:346:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:066:06 PM19:327:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:267:26 PM20:538:53 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:5112:51 AM+125:391:39 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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