Monday 8 May 2000 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 00:0412:04 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:199:19 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:135:13 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4010:40 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 14 h 04 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
05:135:13 AM to 29:125:12 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 | 21:199:19 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 14:022:02 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 18:026:02 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:4010:40 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:12 05:125:12 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:533:53 AM | 05:135:13 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:533:53 AM | 04:334:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:134:13 AM | 05:135:13 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:135:13 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:586:58 AM | 08:448:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2910:29 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| 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 |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:391:39 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:002:00 PM | 15:463:46 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:362:36 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:323:32 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:284:28 PM | 19:177:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:177:17 PM | 20:368:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:177:17 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:177:17 PM | 20:168:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:101:10 AM+1 | 26:392:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |