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Monday 15 January 2024 · Bucharest, Romania

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 01:301:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:4710:47 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:0612:06 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2512:25 PM

The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:2512:25 PM
At noon, 12:2512:25 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 54° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 54° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:515:51 AM–06:506:50 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:206:20 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0712:07 PM–12:4312:43 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:571:57 PM–14:342:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:015:01 PM–17:305:30 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:015:01 PM–18:306:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:197:19 PM–20:478:47 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:588:58 AM–10:0710:07 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:3010:30 AM–11:5811:58 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1611:16 AM–12:2512:25 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4312:43 PM–13:201:20 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:341:34 PM–14:432:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:342:34 PM–15:103:10 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

Amṛta07:497:49 AM–08:588:58 AMgood
Kāla08:588:58 AM–10:0710:07 AMavoid
Śubha10:0710:07 AM–11:1611:16 AMgood
Roga11:1611:16 AM–12:2512:25 PMavoid
Udvega12:2512:25 PM–13:341:34 PMavoid
Cara13:341:34 PM–14:432:43 PMneutral
Lābha14:432:43 PM–15:523:52 PMgood
Amṛta15:523:52 PM–17:015:01 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:015:01 PM–18:526:52 PMneutral
Roga18:526:52 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid
Kāla20:438:43 PM–22:3410:34 PMavoid
Lābha22:3410:34 PM–24:2512:25+1 AMgood
Udvega24:2512:25+1 AM–26:162:16+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:162:16+1 AM–28:074:07+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:074:07+1 AM–29:585:58+1 AMgood
Cara29:585:58+1 AM–31:497:49+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:497:49+1 AM

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:015:01 PM sunsetsunrise 31:497:49+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 22:4710:47 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 26:402:40+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 19:417:41 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 12:0612:06 PM
Bālavauntil 22:4710:47 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:588:58 AM–10:0710:07 AM
Abhijit 12:0712:07 PM–12:4312:43 PM
Pradoṣa 17:015:01 PM–18:596:59 PM
Niśītha 24:0112:01+1 AM–24:4912:49+1 AM

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 10:0710:07 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4312:43 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 12 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:596:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  8. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī22:4710:47 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā26:40 02:402:40 AM TueUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān19:417:41 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava12:0612:06 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:49 07:497:49 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 859
Day length
9 h 12 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:2910:29 AM
Moonset
22:0210:02 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:515:51 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:515:51 AM06:506:50 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:206:20 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:497:49 AM09:399:39 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:0710:07 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:399:39 AM11:3011:30 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:3010:30 AM11:5811:58 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1611:16 AM12:2512:25 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0112:01 PM12:4912:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0712:07 PM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4312:43 PM13:201:20 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:201:20 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:341:34 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:571:57 PM14:342:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:342:34 PM15:103:10 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:103:10 PM17:015:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:015:01 PM18:596:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:015:01 PM17:305:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:015:01 PM18:306:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:197:19 PM20:478:47 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01+1 AM24:4912:49+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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