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Thursday 4 January 1968 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 05:405:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:046:04 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:377:37 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:405:40 PM

Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.

Noon

12:2312:23 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 31 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2312:23 PM
At noon, 12:2312:23 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 51° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 19% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 51° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:415:41 AM–06:396:39 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:106:10 AM–07:377:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0412:04 PM–12:4212:42 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:362:36 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:085:08 PM–17:375:37 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:085:08 PM–18:356:35 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:1010:10 PM–23:5011:50 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:0010:00 AM–11:1111:11 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:4810:48 AM–11:2611:26 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya12:1212:12 PM–13:521:52 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla13:341:34 PM–14:452:45 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:362:36 PM–15:143:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Śubha07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMgood
Roga08:498:49 AM–10:0010:00 AMavoid
Udvega10:0010:00 AM–11:1111:11 AMavoid
Cara11:1111:11 AM–12:2312:23 PMneutral
Lābha12:2312:23 PM–13:341:34 PMgood
Amṛta13:341:34 PM–14:452:45 PMgood
Kāla14:452:45 PM–15:573:57 PMavoid
Śubha15:573:57 PM–17:085:08 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:085:08 PM–18:576:57 PMgood
Cara18:576:57 PM–20:458:45 PMneutral
Roga20:458:45 PM–22:3410:34 PMavoid
Kāla22:3410:34 PM–24:2312:23 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:2312:23 AM+1–26:112:11 AM+1good
Udvega26:112:11 AM+1–28:004:00 AM+1avoid
Śubha28:004:00 AM+1–29:495:49 AM+1good
Amṛta29:495:49 AM+1–31:377:37 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:377:37 AM to 31:377:37 AM+1

07:377:37 AM sunrise17:085:08 PM sunsetsunrise 31:377:37 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 30:046:04 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 29:395:39 AM+1
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 17:405:40 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 17:465:46 PM
Bālavauntil 30:046:04 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0412:04 PM–12:4212:42 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:341:34 PM–14:452:45 PM
Pradoṣa 17:085:08 PM–19:047:04 PM
Niśītha 23:5911:59 PM–24:4712:47 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. SunrisePañcamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4212:42 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:452:45 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 31 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:047:04 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4712:47 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  10. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī30:04 06:046:04 AM FriṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā29:39 05:395:39 AM FriPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddhi17:405:40 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaBava17:465:46 PMBālava
VāraGuruvāra31:37 07:377:37 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2024
Śaka
1889
Kali
5068
Ahargaṇa
1 851 394
Day length
9 h 31 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:4210:42 AM
Moonset
21:349:34 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:415:41 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:415:41 AM06:396:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:106:10 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:377:37 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:377:37 AM08:498:49 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:329:32 AM11:2611:26 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:0010:00 AM11:1111:11 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:4810:48 AM11:2611:26 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0412:04 PM12:4212:42 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:1212:12 PM13:521:52 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:201:20 PM15:143:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:341:34 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:581:58 PM14:362:36 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:362:36 PM15:143:14 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:143:14 PM17:085:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:085:08 PM19:047:04 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:085:08 PM17:375:37 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:085:08 PM18:356:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:1010:10 PM23:5011:50 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5911:59 PM24:4712:47 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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