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December 1998 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Śukla to Pauṣa ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 23 December 1998 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 01:391:39 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:241:24+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:066:06 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:029:02 AM

Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 48 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonAccra12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 53° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:284:28 AM–05:175:17 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:534:53 AM–06:066:06 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:0612:06 PM–13:431:43 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:452:45 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:545:54 PM–18:186:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:545:54 PM–19:077:07 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:347:34 AM–09:039:03 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3110:31 AM–12:0012:00 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3611:36 AM–12:2312:23 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya29:515:51+1 AM–31:277:27+1 AMa 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

Lābha06:066:06 AM–07:347:34 AMgood
Amṛta07:347:34 AM–09:039:03 AMgood
Kāla09:039:03 AM–10:3110:31 AMavoid
Śubha10:3110:31 AM–12:0012:00 PMgood
Roga12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PMavoid
Udvega13:281:28 PM–14:572:57 PMavoid
Cara14:572:57 PM–16:254:25 PMneutral
Lābha16:254:25 PM–17:545:54 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:545:54 PM–19:257:25 PMavoid
Śubha19:257:25 PM–20:578:57 PMgood
Amṛta20:578:57 PM–22:2810:28 PMgood
Cara22:2810:28 PM–24:0012:00+1 AMneutral
Roga24:0012:00+1 AM–25:321:32+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:321:32+1 AM–27:033:03+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:033:03+1 AM–28:354:35+1 AMgood
Udvega28:354:35+1 AM–30:066:06+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:066:06 AM to 30:066:06+1 AM

06:066:06 AM sunrise17:545:54 PM sunsetsunrise 30:066:06+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 25:241:24+1 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 22:4010:40 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 09:029:02 AM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:351:35 PM
Bālavauntil 25:241:24+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PM
Pradoṣa 17:545:54 PM–19:317:31 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24+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. SunrisePañcamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:281:28 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 48 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:317:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī25:24 01:241:24 AM ThuṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā22:4010:40 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa09:029:02 AMVajra
KaraṇaBava13:351:35 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra30:06 06:066:06 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 705
Day length
11 h 48 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
09:449:44 AM
Moonset
21:559:55 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:284:28 AM06:066:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:284:28 AM05:175:17 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:534:53 AM06:066:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:066:06 AM08:278:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:347:34 AM09:039:03 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:278:27 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3110:31 AM12:0012:00 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3611:36 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0012:00 PM13:281:28 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0612:06 PM13:431:43 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:111:11 PM15:323:32 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:581:58 PM14:452:45 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:323:32 PM17:545:54 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:545:54 PM19:317:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:545:54 PM18:186:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:545:54 PM19:077:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:515:51+1 AM31:277:27+1 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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