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Monday 23 March 2026 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 21:479:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:097:09 PM.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

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

At sunrise

05:545:54 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:278:27 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5911:59 AM

The Sun 69° above S. Day length 12 h 10 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram11:5911:59 AM
At noon, 11:5911:59 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 56° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 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 muhūrta04:204:20 AM–05:075:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:434:43 AM–05:545:54 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3511:35 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:502:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:046:04 PM–18:286:28 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:046:04 PM–19:157:15 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:077:07 PM–20:368:36 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:267:26 AM–08:578:57 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:1610:16 AM–11:4511:45 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2810:28 AM–11:5911:59 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2412:24 PM–13:121:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:311:31 PM–15:023:02 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:502:50 PM–15:383:38 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

Amṛta05:545:54 AM–07:267:26 AMgood
Kāla07:267:26 AM–08:578:57 AMavoid
Śubha08:578:57 AM–10:2810:28 AMgood
Roga10:2810:28 AM–11:5911:59 AMavoid
Udvega11:5911:59 AM–13:311:31 PMavoid
Cara13:311:31 PM–15:023:02 PMneutral
Lābha15:023:02 PM–16:334:33 PMgood
Amṛta16:334:33 PM–18:046:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:046:04 PM–19:337:33 PMneutral
Roga19:337:33 PM–21:029:02 PMavoid
Kāla21:029:02 PM–22:3010:30 PMavoid
Lābha22:3010:30 PM–23:5911:59 PMgood
Udvega23:5911:59 PM–25:281:28 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:281:28 AM+1–26:562:56 AM+1good
Amṛta26:562:56 AM+1–28:254:25 AM+1good
Cara28:254:25 AM+1–29:535:53 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:545:54 AM to 29:535:53 AM+1

05:545:54 AM sunrise18:046:04 PM sunsetsunrise 29:535:53 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 19:097:09 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 21:209:20 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 12:5212:52 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:278:27 AM
Bālavauntil 19:097:09 PM
Kaulavauntil 29:525:52 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:267:26 AM–08:578:57 AM
Abhijit 11:3511:35 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Pradoṣa 18:046:04 PM–19:397:39 PM
Niśītha 23:3511:35 PM–24:2312:23 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 08:578:57 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 10 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:397:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2312:23 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī19:097:09 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraKṛttikā21:209:20 PMRohiṇī
YogaViṣkambha12:5212:52 PMPrīti
KaraṇaBava08:278:27 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra29:53 05:535:53 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2083
Śaka
1948
Kali
5127
Ahargaṇa
1 872 657
Day length
12 h 10 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:428:42 AM
Moonset
22:4110:41 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:204:20 AM05:545:54 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:204:20 AM05:075:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:434:43 AM05:545:54 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:545:54 AM08:208:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:267:26 AM08:578:57 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:208:20 AM10:4610:46 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:1610:16 AM11:4511:45 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2810:28 AM11:5911:59 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3511:35 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3511:35 AM12:2312:23 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2412:24 PM13:121:12 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:383:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:311:31 PM15:023:02 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:502:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:502:50 PM15:383:38 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:383:38 PM18:046:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:046:04 PM19:397:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:046:04 PM18:286:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:046:04 PM19:157:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:077:07 PM20:368:36 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3511:35 PM24:2312:23 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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