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Monday 15 January 2024 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 07:307:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:474:47 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:367:36 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:3710:37 AM

Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.

Noon

12:2712:27 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2712:27 PM
At noon, 12:2712:27 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 51° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 18% 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–07:367:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0812:08 PM–12:4712:47 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:052:05 PM–14:442:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:195:19 PM–17:485:48 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:195:19 PM–18:456:45 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:191:19 AM+1–26:472:47 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:498:49 AM–10:0210:02 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1411:14 AM–12:2712:27 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4712:47 PM–13:261:26 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:401:40 PM–14:532:53 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:442:44 PM–15:223:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya16:304:30 PM–17:585:58 PMa 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

Amṛta07:367:36 AM–08:498:49 AMgood
Kāla08:498:49 AM–10:0210:02 AMavoid
Śubha10:0210:02 AM–11:1411:14 AMgood
Roga11:1411:14 AM–12:2712:27 PMavoid
Udvega12:2712:27 PM–13:401:40 PMavoid
Cara13:401:40 PM–14:532:53 PMneutral
Lābha14:532:53 PM–16:064:06 PMgood
Amṛta16:064:06 PM–17:195:19 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:195:19 PM–19:067:06 PMneutral
Roga19:067:06 PM–20:538:53 PMavoid
Kāla20:538:53 PM–22:4010:40 PMavoid
Lābha22:4010:40 PM–24:2712:27 AM+1good
Udvega24:2712:27 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:142:14 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1good
Amṛta28:014:01 AM+1–29:485:48 AM+1good
Cara29:485:48 AM+1–31:357:35 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:367:36 AM to 31:357:35 AM+1

07:367:36 AM sunrise17:195:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:357:35 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 28:474:47 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 10:3710:37 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 25:411:41 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 18:066:06 PM
Bālavauntil 28:474:47 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:498:49 AM–10:0210:02 AM
Abhijit 12:0812:08 PM–12:4712:47 PM
Pradoṣa 17:195:19 PM–19:137:13 PM
Niśītha 24:0312:03 AM+1–24:5112:51 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:0210:02 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4712:47 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 43 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:137:13 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5112:51 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī28:47 04:474:47 AM TueṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā10:3710:37 AMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān25:41 01:411:41 AM TueParigha
KaraṇaBava18:066:06 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:35 07:357:35 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 859
Day length
9 h 43 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:1910:19 AM
Moonset
21:509:50 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:415:41 AM07:367:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:415:41 AM06:396:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:106:10 AM07:367:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:367:36 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:498:49 AM10:0210:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:329:32 AM11:2911:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1411:14 AM12:2712:27 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0312:03 PM12:5112:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0812:08 PM12:4712:47 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4712:47 PM13:261:26 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:261:26 PM15:223:22 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:401:40 PM14:532:53 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:052:05 PM14:442:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:442:44 PM15:223:22 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:223:22 PM17:195:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:304:30 PM17:585:58 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:195:19 PM19:137:13 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:195:19 PM17:485:48 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:195:19 PM18:456:45 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0312:03 AM+124:5112:51 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:191:19 AM+126:472:47 AM+1sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
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