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Monday 14 May 1956 · Bucharest, Romania

Vaiśākha Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 03:493:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:031:03 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Śaṅkara Jayantī

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

At sunrise

04:504:50 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:077:07 AM

Ārdrā gives way to Punarvasu.

Noon

12:1212:12 PM

The Sun 64° above S. Day length 14 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1212:12 PM
At noon, 12:1212:12 PM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 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 muhūrta03:363:36 AM–04:134:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:543:54 AM–04:504:50 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4311:43 AM–12:4212:42 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:402:40 PM–15:393:39 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:347:34 PM–19:537:53 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:347:34 PM–20:308:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:582:58 AM+1–28:274:27 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:406:40 AM–08:318:31 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2210:22 AM–12:1212:12 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4212:42 PM–13:411:41 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:032:03 PM–15:533:53 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:393:39 PM–16:384:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya18:096:09 PM–19:377:37 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

Amṛta04:504:50 AM–06:406:40 AMgood
Kāla06:406:40 AM–08:318:31 AMavoid
Śubha08:318:31 AM–10:2210:22 AMgood
Roga10:2210:22 AM–12:1212:12 PMavoid
Udvega12:1212:12 PM–14:032:03 PMavoid
Cara14:032:03 PM–15:533:53 PMneutral
Lābha15:533:53 PM–17:445:44 PMgood
Amṛta17:445:44 PM–19:347:34 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:347:34 PM–20:448:44 PMneutral
Roga20:448:44 PM–21:539:53 PMavoid
Kāla21:539:53 PM–23:0211:02 PMavoid
Lābha23:0211:02 PM–24:1212:12 AM+1good
Udvega24:1212:12 AM+1–25:211:21 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:211:21 AM+1–26:302:30 AM+1good
Amṛta26:302:30 AM+1–27:393:39 AM+1good
Cara27:393:39 AM+1–28:494:49 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:504:50 AM to 28:494:49 AM+1

04:504:50 AM sunrise19:347:34 PM sunsetsunrise 28:494:49 AM+1
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 25:031:03 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 07:077:07 AM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 22:2510:25 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:242:24 PM
Bālavauntil 25:031:03 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:406:40 AM–08:318:31 AM
Abhijit 11:4311:43 AM–12:4212:42 PM
Pradoṣa 19:347:34 PM–20:488:48 PM
Niśītha 23:4811:48 PM–24:3612:36 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 08:318:31 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4212:42 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 14 h 45 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:488:48 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3612:36 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī25:03 01:031:03 AM TueṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraĀrdrā07:077:07 AMPunarvasu
YogaŚūla22:2510:25 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava14:242:24 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra28:49 04:494:49 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 142
Day length
14 h 45 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
08:298:29 AM
Moonset
23:3311:33 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:363:36 AM04:504:50 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:363:36 AM04:134:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:543:54 AM04:504:50 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:504:50 AM07:477:47 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:406:40 AM08:318:31 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:477:47 AM10:4410:44 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2210:22 AM12:1212:12 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4311:43 AM12:4212:42 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:4811:48 AM12:3612:36 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4212:42 PM13:411:41 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:411:41 PM16:384:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:032:03 PM15:533:53 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:402:40 PM15:393:39 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:393:39 PM16:384:38 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:384:38 PM19:347:34 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:096:09 PM19:377:37 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:347:34 PM20:488:48 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:347:34 PM19:537:53 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:347:34 PM20:308:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4811:48 PM24:3612:36 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:582:58 AM+128:274:27 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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