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Margashirsha

Shukla Pakṣa, Dwadashi

Vikrama 2086

New Delhi

17

December 2029

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Tithi Dwadashi Nakṣatra Bharani Yoga Shiva Karaṇa Bava Choghaḍiyā © OccultGuide 2026
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Sunrise

7:07 AM

Sunset

5:27 PM

Sunrise

7:08 AM 18 Dec

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Yoga
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The five aṅgas

Tithi
Shukla Dwadashi
until 9:55 PM
then Shukla Trayodashi
Nakṣatra
Bharani
until 11:47 PM
then Krittika
Yoga
Shiva
until 8:23 PM
then Siddha
Karaṇa
Bava
until 8:37 AM
then Balava until 9:55 PM
then Kaulava
Vāra
Somavara
sunrise to sunrise
Moonrise & moonset
2:42 PM
sets 3:49 AM

Choghaḍiyā

  • Daytime from 7:07 AM
  • Amṛta Best 7:07 AM – 8:24 AM
  • Kāla Loss 8:24 AM – 9:42 AM
  • Śubha Good 9:42 AM – 10:59 AM
  • Roga Illness 10:59 AM – 12:17 PM
  • Udvega Anxiety 12:17 PM – 1:34 PM
  • Cala Neutral 1:34 PM – 2:52 PM
  • Lābha Gain 2:52 PM – 4:09 PM
  • Amṛta Best 4:09 PM – 5:27 PM
  • Night from 5:27 PM
  • Cala Neutral 5:27 PM – 7:09 PM
  • Roga Illness 7:09 PM – 8:52 PM
  • Kāla Loss 8:52 PM – 10:34 PM
  • Lābha Gain 10:34 PM – 12:17 AM
  • Udvega Anxiety 12:17 AM – 2:00 AM
  • Śubha Good 2:00 AM – 3:42 AM
  • Amṛta Best 3:42 AM – 5:25 AM
  • Cala Neutral 5:25 AM – 7:08 AM

Periods of the day

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta 5:18 AM – 6:12 AM

    The hour before dawn, kept for japa, study and meditation rather than for beginnings.

  • Abhijit muhūrta 11:56 AM – 12:37 PM

    Held to override most inauspicious periods; the usual fallback when no better muhūrta is available.

Inauspicious

  • Rāhu kāla 8:24 AM – 9:42 AM

    Avoided for beginnings — travel, purchases, a first recitation. Ongoing practice is not interrupted.

  • Yamagaṇḍa 10:59 AM – 12:17 PM

    Avoided for auspicious undertakings, on the same footing as rāhu kāla.

  • Gulika kāla 1:34 PM – 2:52 PM

    Held to make what is begun in it repeat, so it is avoided for anything one would not want again.

Cāturmāsya — next runs 10 Jul 2030 to 5 Nov 2030, from Devaśayanī Ekādaśī in Āṣāḍha to Prabodhinī Ekādaśī in Kārtika.

The choghaḍiyā and the periods above are marked customary: they are widely kept practice, and no text this site publishes prescribes them yet. The aṅgas, sunrise and sunset are computed and exact.

Computed with dṛk gaṇita (observation-based) and the Lahiri (Citrāpakṣa) ayanāṁśa, from the Swiss Ephemeris. The day's aṅgas are those running at sunrise. How dates are computed.