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Tuesday 13 December 1988 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 02:172:17 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2812:28 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

07:447:44 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:231:23 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:1012:10 PM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 52 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1012:10 PM
At noon, 12:1012:10 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 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 muhūrta05:435:43 AM–06:436:43 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:136:13 AM–07:447:44 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5211:52 AM–12:2812:28 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:391:39 PM–14:142:14 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:364:36 PM–17:065:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:364:36 PM–18:076:07 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:384:38 AM+1–30:096:09 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:309:30 AM–10:0610:06 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:579:57 AM–11:0311:03 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1012:10 PM–13:161:16 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:232:23 PM–15:293:29 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya19:307:30 PM–21:029:02 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:3910:39 PM–23:4011:40 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

Roga07:447:44 AM–08:508:50 AMavoid
Udvega08:508:50 AM–09:579:57 AMavoid
Cara09:579:57 AM–11:0311:03 AMneutral
Lābha11:0311:03 AM–12:1012:10 PMgood
Amṛta12:1012:10 PM–13:161:16 PMgood
Kāla13:161:16 PM–14:232:23 PMavoid
Śubha14:232:23 PM–15:293:29 PMgood
Roga15:293:29 PM–16:364:36 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:364:36 PM–18:296:29 PMavoid
Lābha18:296:29 PM–20:238:23 PMgood
Udvega20:238:23 PM–22:1710:17 PMavoid
Śubha22:1710:17 PM–24:1012:10 AM+1good
Amṛta24:1012:10 AM+1–26:042:04 AM+1good
Cara26:042:04 AM+1–27:573:57 AM+1neutral
Roga27:573:57 AM+1–29:515:51 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:515:51 AM+1–31:457:45 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:447:44 AM to 31:457:45 AM+1

07:447:44 AM sunrise16:364:36 PM sunsetsunrise 31:457:45 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 24:2812:28 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 15:423:42 PM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 18:466:46 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:231:23 PM
Bālavauntil 24:2812:28 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5211:52 AM–12:2812:28 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:232:23 PM–15:293:29 PM
Pradoṣa 16:364:36 PM–18:376:37 PM
Niśītha 23:4611:46 PM–24:3412:34 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. AbhijitUntil 12:2812:28 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:293:29 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 52 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:376:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3412:34 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī24:28 00:2812:28 AM WedṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa15:423:42 PMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVyāghāta18:466:46 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBava13:231:23 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:45 07:457:45 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2045
Śaka
1910
Kali
5089
Ahargaṇa
1 859 043
Day length
8 h 52 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
11:1611:16 AM
Moonset
21:089:08 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:435:43 AM07:447:44 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:435:43 AM06:436:43 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:136:13 AM07:447:44 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:447:44 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:309:30 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:309:30 AM10:0610:06 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:579:57 AM11:0311:03 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4611:46 AM12:3412:34 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5211:52 AM12:2812:28 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1012:10 PM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:031:03 PM14:492:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:391:39 PM14:142:14 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:232:23 PM15:293:29 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:492:49 PM16:364:36 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:364:36 PM18:376:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:364:36 PM17:065:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:364:36 PM18:076:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:307:30 PM21:029:02 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3910:39 PM23:4011:40 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4611:46 PM24:3412:34 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:384:38 AM+130:096:09 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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