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Monday 15 December 2025 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī

Somavāra. Ekādaśī began at 21:209:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:5111:51 PM.

Observed here on this day

Saphalā Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

08:188:18 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:3410:34 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

13:081:08 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 40 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:081:08 PM
At noon, 13:081:08 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 307° ahead of it, in Citrā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 307° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:236:23 AM–07:217:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:526:52 AM–08:188:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4912:49 PM–13:271:27 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:452:45 PM–15:233:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:585:58 PM–18:276:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:585:58 PM–19:247:24 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:456:45+1 AM–32:348:34+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla09:319:31 AM–10:4310:43 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:5611:56 AM–13:081:08 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:271:27 PM–14:062:06 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:212:21 PM–15:333:33 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:233:23 PM–16:024:02 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya19:577:57 PM–21:459:45 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

Amṛta08:188:18 AM–09:319:31 AMgood
Kāla09:319:31 AM–10:4310:43 AMavoid
Śubha10:4310:43 AM–11:5611:56 AMgood
Roga11:5611:56 AM–13:081:08 PMavoid
Udvega13:081:08 PM–14:212:21 PMavoid
Cara14:212:21 PM–15:333:33 PMneutral
Lābha15:333:33 PM–16:454:45 PMgood
Amṛta16:454:45 PM–17:585:58 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:585:58 PM–19:467:46 PMneutral
Roga19:467:46 PM–21:339:33 PMavoid
Kāla21:339:33 PM–23:2111:21 PMavoid
Lābha23:2111:21 PM–25:081:08+1 AMgood
Udvega25:081:08+1 AM–26:562:56+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:562:56+1 AM–28:444:44+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:444:44+1 AM–30:316:31+1 AMgood
Cara30:316:31+1 AM–32:198:19+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:188:18 AM to 32:198:19+1 AM

08:188:18 AM sunrise17:585:58 PM sunsetsunrise 32:198:19+1 AM
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 23:5111:51 PM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 13:391:39 PM
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 15:003:00 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:3410:34 AM
Bālavauntil 23:5111:51 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:319:31 AM–10:4310:43 AM
Abhijit 12:4912:49 PM–13:271:27 PM
Pradoṣa 17:585:58 PM–19:537:53 PM
Niśītha 24:4412:44+1 AM–25:321:32+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. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4310:43 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:271:27 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  6. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 40 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:537:53 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:321:32+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ekādaśī23:5111:51 PMDvādaśī
NakṣatraCitrā13:391:39 PMSvātī
YogaŚobhana15:003:00 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava10:3410:34 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra32:19 08:198:19 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2082
Śaka
1947
Kali
5126
Ahargaṇa
1 872 559
Day length
9 h 40 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
28:514:51+1 AM
Moonset
14:382:38 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:236:23 AM08:188:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:236:23 AM07:217:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:526:52 AM08:188:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:188:18 AM10:1410:14 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:319:31 AM10:4310:43 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:1410:14 AM12:1012:10 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:5611:56 AM13:081:08 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:4412:44 PM13:321:32 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4912:49 PM13:271:27 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:271:27 PM14:062:06 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:062:06 PM16:024:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:212:21 PM15:333:33 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:452:45 PM15:233:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:233:23 PM16:024:02 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:024:02 PM17:585:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:585:58 PM19:537:53 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:585:58 PM18:276:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:585:58 PM19:247:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:577:57 PM21:459:45 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:4412:44+1 AM25:321:32+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:456:45+1 AM32:348:34+1 AMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
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