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December 1955 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseKārtika Kṛṣṇa to Mārgaśīrṣa KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Monday 19 December 1955 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 19:287:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:249:24 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

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

At sunrise

07:477:47 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:308:30 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:1212:12 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1212:12 PM
At noon, 12:1212:12 PM, the Sun is in Mūla 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 muhūrta05:465:46 AM–06:476:47 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:166:16 AM–07:477:47 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5511:55 AM–12:3012:30 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:411:41 PM–14:162:16 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:283:28 PM–17:135:13 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:374:37 PM–17:085:08 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:374:37 PM–18:086:08 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:548:54 AM–10:0010:00 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:0611:06 AM–12:1212:12 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:3012:30 PM–13:051:05 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:191:19 PM–14:252:25 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:162:16 PM–14:512:51 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

Amṛta07:477:47 AM–08:548:54 AMgood
Kāla08:548:54 AM–10:0010:00 AMavoid
Śubha10:0010:00 AM–11:0611:06 AMgood
Roga11:0611:06 AM–12:1212:12 PMavoid
Udvega12:1212:12 PM–13:191:19 PMavoid
Cara13:191:19 PM–14:252:25 PMneutral
Lābha14:252:25 PM–15:313:31 PMgood
Amṛta15:313:31 PM–16:374:37 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:374:37 PM–18:316:31 PMneutral
Roga18:316:31 PM–20:258:25 PMavoid
Kāla20:258:25 PM–22:1910:19 PMavoid
Lābha22:1910:19 PM–24:1312:13 AM+1good
Udvega24:1312:13 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:072:07 AM+1–28:004:00 AM+1good
Amṛta28:004:00 AM+1–29:545:54 AM+1good
Cara29:545:54 AM+1–31:487:48 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:477:47 AM to 31:487:48 AM+1

07:477:47 AM sunrise16:374:37 PM sunsetsunrise 31:487:48 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 21:249:24 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 26:522:52 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 19:267:26 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:308:30 AM
Bālavauntil 21:249:24 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:548:54 AM–10:0010:00 AM
Abhijit 11:5511:55 AM–12:3012:30 PM
Pradoṣa 16:374:37 PM–18:396:39 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 10:0010:00 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:3012:30 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 50 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:396:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  8. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:3712:37 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī21:249:24 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā26:52 02:522:52 AM TueŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa19:267:26 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava08:308:30 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:48 07:487:48 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2012
Śaka
1877
Kali
5056
Ahargaṇa
1 846 995
Day length
8 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:3810:38 AM
Moonset
21:439:43 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:465:46 AM07:477:47 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:465:46 AM06:476:47 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:166:16 AM07:477:47 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:477:47 AM09:339:33 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:548:54 AM10:0010:00 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:339:33 AM11:1911:19 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:0611:06 AM12:1212:12 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4811:48 AM12:3612:36 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5511:55 AM12:3012:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:3012:30 PM13:051:05 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:051:05 PM14:512:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:191:19 PM14:252:25 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:411:41 PM14:162:16 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:162:16 PM14:512:51 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:512:51 PM16:374:37 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:283:28 PM17:135:13 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:374:37 PM18:396:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:374:37 PM17:085:08 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:374:37 PM18:086:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4911:49 PM24:3712:37 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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