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Wednesday 20 March 1991 · Bucharest, Romania

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 03:303:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:211:21 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

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

At sunrise

06:206:20 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:229:22 AM

Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.

Noon

12:2312:23 PM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 12 h 06 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:2312:23 PM
At noon, 12:2312:23 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 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 muhūrta04:454:45 AM–05:335:33 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:095:09 AM–06:206:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:252:25 PM–15:133:13 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:276:27 PM–18:516:51 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:276:27 PM–19:387:38 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:415:41 AM+1–31:117:11 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:517:51 AM–09:229:22 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5310:53 AM–12:2412:24 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5911:59 AM–12:4812:48 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:2412:24 PM–13:541:54 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:398:39 PM–22:0910:09 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

Lābha06:206:20 AM–07:517:51 AMgood
Amṛta07:517:51 AM–09:229:22 AMgood
Kāla09:229:22 AM–10:5310:53 AMavoid
Śubha10:5310:53 AM–12:2412:24 PMgood
Roga12:2412:24 PM–13:541:54 PMavoid
Udvega13:541:54 PM–15:253:25 PMavoid
Cara15:253:25 PM–16:564:56 PMneutral
Lābha16:564:56 PM–18:276:27 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:276:27 PM–19:567:56 PMavoid
Śubha19:567:56 PM–21:259:25 PMgood
Amṛta21:259:25 PM–22:5410:54 PMgood
Cara22:5410:54 PM–24:2312:23 AM+1neutral
Roga24:2312:23 AM+1–25:521:52 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:521:52 AM+1–27:213:21 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:213:21 AM+1–28:504:50 AM+1good
Udvega28:504:50 AM+1–30:196:19 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:206:20 AM to 30:196:19 AM+1

06:206:20 AM sunrise18:276:27 PM sunsetsunrise 30:196:19 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 25:211:21 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 09:229:22 AM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 27:073:07 AM+1
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:262:26 PM
Bālavauntil 25:211:21 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:2412:24 PM–13:541:54 PM
Pradoṣa 18:276:27 PM–20:028:02 PM
Niśītha 23:5911:59 PM–24:4712:47 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:541:54 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 06 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:028:02 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:4712:47 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī25:21 01:211:21 AM ThuṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraBharaṇī09:229:22 AMKṛttikā
YogaViṣkambha27:07 03:073:07 AM ThuPrīti
KaraṇaBava14:262:26 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra30:19 06:196:19 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2048
Śaka
1913
Kali
5092
Ahargaṇa
1 859 870
Day length
12 h 06 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
07:597:59 AM
Moonset
23:4711:47 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:454:45 AM06:206:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:454:45 AM05:335:33 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:095:09 AM06:206:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:206:20 AM08:468:46 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:517:51 AM09:229:22 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:468:46 AM11:1111:11 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5310:53 AM12:2412:24 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5911:59 AM12:4812:48 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0012:00 PM12:4812:48 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:2412:24 PM13:541:54 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:361:36 PM16:024:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:252:25 PM15:133:13 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:024:02 PM18:276:27 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:276:27 PM20:028:02 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:276:27 PM18:516:51 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:276:27 PM19:387:38 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:398:39 PM22:0910:09 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5911:59 PM24:4712:47 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:415:41 AM+131:117:11 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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