Tuesday 4 May 1976 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 01:341:34 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:152:15 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:185:18 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3011:30 AM
Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 55 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
05:185:18 AM to 29:165:16 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 | 26:15 02:152:15 AM Wed | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 24:37 00:3712:37 AM Wed | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 11:3011:30 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:591:59 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:16 05:165:16 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:573:57 AM | 05:185:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:573:57 AM | 04:374:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:174:17 AM | 05:185:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:185:18 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:058:05 AM | 09:009:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:088:08 AM | 09:509:50 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:468:46 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1512:15 PM | 14:002:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:391:39 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:032:03 PM | 15:453:45 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:342:34 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:443:44 PM | 17:285:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:137:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:137:13 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:137:13 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:137:13 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1411:14 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |