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Monday 14 December 2026 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 19:187:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:479:47 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:297:29 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:358:35 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:1312:13 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1312:13 PM
At noon, 12:1312:13 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 56° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 22% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 56° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:325:32 AM–06:316:31 AM
  • Abhijit11:5411:54 AM–12:3212:32 PM
  • Vijaya13:471:47 PM–14:252:25 PM
  • Godhūli16:564:56 PM–17:265:26 PM
  • Amṛta kāla26:502:50 AM+1–28:364:36 AM+1

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:408:40 AM–09:519:51 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:0211:02 AM–12:1312:13 PM
  • Durmuhūrta12:3212:32 PM–13:091:09 PM
  • Gulika13:241:24 PM–14:352:35 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:252:25 PM–15:033:03 PM
  • Varjya16:094:09 PM–17:565:56 PM

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

Amṛta07:297:29 AM–08:408:40 AMgood
Kāla08:408:40 AM–09:519:51 AMavoid
Śubha09:519:51 AM–11:0211:02 AMgood
Roga11:0211:02 AM–12:1312:13 PMavoid
Udvega12:1312:13 PM–13:241:24 PMavoid
Cara13:241:24 PM–14:352:35 PMneutral
Lābha14:352:35 PM–15:453:45 PMgood
Amṛta15:453:45 PM–16:564:56 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:564:56 PM–18:466:46 PMneutral
Roga18:466:46 PM–20:358:35 PMavoid
Kāla20:358:35 PM–22:2410:24 PMavoid
Lābha22:2410:24 PM–24:1312:13 AM+1good
Udvega24:1312:13 AM+1–26:022:02 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:022:02 AM+1–27:513:51 AM+1good
Amṛta27:513:51 AM+1–29:405:40 AM+1good
Cara29:405:40 AM+1–31:297:29 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:297:29 AM to 31:297:29 AM+1

07:297:29 AM sunrise16:564:56 PM sunsetsunrise 31:297:29 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 21:479:47 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 11:4211:42 AM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 15:353:35 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:358:35 AM
Bālavauntil 21:479:47 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:408:40 AM–09:519:51 AM
Abhijit 11:5411:54 AM–12:3212:32 PM
Pradoṣa 16:564:56 PM–18:536:53 PM
Niśītha 23:4911:49 PM–24:3712:37 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. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:519:51 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:3212:32 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 28 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:536:53 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:3712:37 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī21:479:47 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa11:4211:42 AMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVyāghāta15:353:35 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBava08:358:35 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:29 07:297:29 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2083
Śaka
1948
Kali
5127
Ahargaṇa
1 872 923
Day length
9 h 28 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
11:0211:02 AM
Moonset
21:369:36 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:325:32 AM07:297:29 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:325:32 AM06:316:31 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:016:01 AM07:297:29 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:297:29 AM09:229:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla08:408:40 AM09:519:51 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgava09:229:22 AM11:1611:16 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa11:0211:02 AM12:1312:13 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhna11:4911:49 AM12:3712:37 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:5411:54 AM12:3212:32 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta12:3212:32 PM13:091:09 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:091:09 PM15:033:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika13:241:24 PM14:352:35 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijaya13:471:47 PM14:252:25 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:252:25 PM15:033:03 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:033:03 PM16:564:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya16:094:09 PM17:565:56 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣa16:564:56 PM18:536:53 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:564:56 PM17:265:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:564:56 PM18:246:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:4911:49 PM24:3712:37 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla26:502:50 AM+128:364:36 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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