Sunday 24 November 1968 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 01:431:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:0411:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1912:19 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:0512:05 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 48 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:127:12 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 | 23:0411:04 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 24:46 00:4612:46 AM Mon | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 15:493:49 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:1912:19 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:12 07:127:12 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:175:17 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:455:45 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0512:05 PM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:041:04 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:322:32 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:013:01 PM | 16:594:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:403:40 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:453:45 PM | 16:594:59 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:594:59 PM | 18:536:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:594:59 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:594:59 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:526:52 PM | 20:218:21 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4111:41 PM | 24:2912:29 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:344:34 AM+1 | 30:056:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |