Tuesday 18 November 1947 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 09:109:10 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:3211:32 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:037:03 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3211:32 AM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 10 h 00 m.
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
07:037:03 AM to 31:047:04 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 Pañcamī | 11:3211:32 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 28:04 04:044:04 AM Wed | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Wed | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:3211:32 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:04 07:047:04 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:395:39 AM | 07:037:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:037:03 AM | 09:039:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:039:03 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:039:03 AM | 09:439:43 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:339:33 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:0312:03 PM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:033:03 PM | 17:035:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:035:03 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:035:03 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:035:03 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:538:53 PM | 22:4110:41 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3910:39 PM | 23:3511:35 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4011:40 PM | 24:2812:28 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |