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Tuesday 18 December 1917 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 03:403:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:241:24 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

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

At sunrise

07:317:31 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:487:48 AM

Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.

Noon

11:5611:56 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest11:5611:56 AM
At noon, 11:5611:56 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 53° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:305:30 AM–06:306:30 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:006:00 AM–07:317:31 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3811:38 AM–12:1412:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:241:24 PM–14:002:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:214:21 PM–16:514:51 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:214:21 PM–17:525:52 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:308:30 PM–22:0010:00 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:179:17 AM–09:529:52 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:449:44 AM–10:5010:50 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:3211:32 AM–13:021:02 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:5611:56 AM–13:021:02 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:092:09 PM–15:153:15 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2510:25 PM–23:2611:26 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:317:31 AM–08:378:37 AMavoid
Udvega08:378:37 AM–09:449:44 AMavoid
Cara09:449:44 AM–10:5010:50 AMneutral
Lābha10:5010:50 AM–11:5611:56 AMgood
Amṛta11:5611:56 AM–13:021:02 PMgood
Kāla13:021:02 PM–14:092:09 PMavoid
Śubha14:092:09 PM–15:153:15 PMgood
Roga15:153:15 PM–16:214:21 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:214:21 PM–18:156:15 PMavoid
Lābha18:156:15 PM–20:098:09 PMgood
Udvega20:098:09 PM–22:0310:03 PMavoid
Śubha22:0310:03 PM–23:5611:56 PMgood
Amṛta23:5611:56 PM–25:501:50 AM+1good
Cara25:501:50 AM+1–27:443:44 AM+1neutral
Roga27:443:44 AM+1–29:385:38 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:385:38 AM+1–31:327:32 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:317:31 AM to 31:327:32 AM+1

07:317:31 AM sunrise16:214:21 PM sunsetsunrise 31:327:32 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 25:241:24 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 07:487:48 AM
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 30:136:13 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 23:5611:56 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:322:32 PM
Bālavauntil 25:241:24 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3811:38 AM–12:1412:14 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:092:09 PM–15:153:15 PM
Pradoṣa 16:214:21 PM–18:226:22 PM
Niśītha 23:3211:32 PM–24:2012:20 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1412:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:153:15 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 50 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:226:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2012:20 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  10. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī25:24 01:241:24 AM WedṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa07:487:48 AMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaHarṣaṇa23:5611:56 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava14:322:32 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:32 07:327:32 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1974
Śaka
1839
Kali
5018
Ahargaṇa
1 833 115
Day length
8 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:2010:20 AM
Moonset
21:119:11 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:305:30 AM07:317:31 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:305:30 AM06:306:30 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:006:00 AM07:317:31 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:317:31 AM09:179:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:179:17 AM11:0311:03 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:179:17 AM09:529:52 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:449:44 AM10:5010:50 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3211:32 AM12:2012:20 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:3211:32 AM13:021:02 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5611:56 AM13:021:02 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4912:49 PM14:352:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:241:24 PM14:002:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:092:09 PM15:153:15 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:352:35 PM16:214:21 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:214:21 PM18:226:22 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:214:21 PM16:514:51 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:214:21 PM17:525:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:308:30 PM22:0010:00 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2510:25 PM23:2611:26 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3211:32 PM24:2012:20 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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