Monday 20 December 1999 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 15:373:37 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3512:35 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚukla Pradoṣa Vrata determinate
At sunrise
08:218:21 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2810:28 AM
Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 39 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
08:218:21 AM–10:1710:17 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Mokṣadā Ekādaśī
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
08:218:21 AM to 32:218:21 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Dvādaśī | 12:3512:35 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 10:2810:28 AM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Siddha | 24:38 00:3812:38 AM Tue | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:3512:35 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:21 08:218:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:266:26 AM | 08:218:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:266:26 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:556:55 AM | 08:218:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:218:21 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:339:33 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:1710:17 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5811:58 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:301:30 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:082:08 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:232:23 PM | 15:353:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:253:25 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:044:04 PM | 18:006:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:006:00 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:006:00 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:006:00 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:079:07 PM | 22:3210:32 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:385:38 AM+1 | 31:037:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |