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Wednesday 26 January 1966 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Māgha Śukla Caturthī

Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 07:187:18 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:489:48 AM.

Observed here on this day

Śrī Pañcamī

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

AlsoVasanta Pañcamī boundary

At sunrise

07:307:30 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:489:48 AM

Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.

Noon

12:3112:31 PM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 10 h 01 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:3112:31 PM
At noon, 12:3112:31 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 49° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 17% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 49° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:385:38 AM–06:346:34 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:066:06 AM–07:307:30 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:112:11 PM–14:512:51 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:315:31 PM–17:595:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:315:31 PM–18:556:55 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:458:45 AM–10:0110:01 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:1611:16 AM–12:3112:31 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1112:11 PM–12:5112:51 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:3112:31 PM–13:461:46 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya26:372:37 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1a 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

Lābha07:307:30 AM–08:458:45 AMgood
Amṛta08:458:45 AM–10:0110:01 AMgood
Kāla10:0110:01 AM–11:1611:16 AMavoid
Śubha11:1611:16 AM–12:3112:31 PMgood
Roga12:3112:31 PM–13:461:46 PMavoid
Udvega13:461:46 PM–15:013:01 PMavoid
Cara15:013:01 PM–16:164:16 PMneutral
Lābha16:164:16 PM–17:315:31 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:315:31 PM–19:167:16 PMavoid
Śubha19:167:16 PM–21:019:01 PMgood
Amṛta21:019:01 PM–22:4610:46 PMgood
Cara22:4610:46 PM–24:3012:30 AM+1neutral
Roga24:3012:30 AM+1–26:152:15 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:152:15 AM+1–28:004:00 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:004:00 AM+1–29:455:45 AM+1good
Udvega29:455:45 AM+1–31:307:30 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:307:30 AM to 31:307:30 AM+1

07:307:30 AM sunrise17:315:31 PM sunsetsunrise 31:307:30 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 09:489:48 AM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 15:573:57 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 11:1411:14 AM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 09:489:48 AM
Bavauntil 22:5910:59 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:3112:31 PM–13:461:46 PM
Pradoṣa 17:315:31 PM–19:237:23 PM
Niśītha 24:0612:06 AM+1–24:5412:54 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.

  1. SunriseCaturthī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:461:46 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  6. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 01 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:237:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:5412:54 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturthī09:489:48 AMPañcamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā15:573:57 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaParigha11:1411:14 AMŚiva
KaraṇaViṣṭi09:489:48 AMBava
VāraBudhavāra31:30 07:307:30 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2022
Śaka
1887
Kali
5066
Ahargaṇa
1 850 686
Day length
10 h 01 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:0710:07 AM
Moonset
21:469:46 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:385:38 AM07:307:30 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:385:38 AM06:346:34 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:066:06 AM07:307:30 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:307:30 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:458:45 AM10:0110:01 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:309:30 AM11:3111:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:1611:16 AM12:3112:31 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0712:07 PM12:5512:55 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1112:11 PM12:5112:51 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:3112:31 PM13:461:46 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:311:31 PM15:313:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:112:11 PM14:512:51 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:313:31 PM17:315:31 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:315:31 PM19:237:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:315:31 PM17:595:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:315:31 PM18:556:55 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0612:06 AM+124:5412:54 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:372:37 AM+128:234:23 AM+1sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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