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Wednesday 22 January 1969 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Māgha Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 13:051:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:2512:25 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śrī Pañcamī

Pañcamī covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

AlsoVasanta Pañcamī boundary

At sunrise

07:127:12 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:2512:25 PM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 60° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 25% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 60° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:175:17 AM–06:156:15 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:465:46 AM–07:127:12 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:391:39 PM–14:182:18 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:534:53 PM–17:225:22 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:534:53 PM–18:196:19 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:249:24 PM–23:0111:01 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:258:25 AM–09:379:37 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5010:50 AM–12:0312:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:3811:38 AM–13:151:15 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta11:4311:43 AM–12:2212:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0312:03 PM–13:151:15 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha07:127:12 AM–08:258:25 AMgood
Amṛta08:258:25 AM–09:379:37 AMgood
Kāla09:379:37 AM–10:5010:50 AMavoid
Śubha10:5010:50 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Roga12:0312:03 PM–13:151:15 PMavoid
Udvega13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PMavoid
Cara14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMneutral
Lābha15:403:40 PM–16:534:53 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:534:53 PM–18:406:40 PMavoid
Śubha18:406:40 PM–20:288:28 PMgood
Amṛta20:288:28 PM–22:1510:15 PMgood
Cara22:1510:15 PM–24:0212:02 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0212:02 AM+1–25:491:49 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:491:49 AM+1–27:373:37 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:373:37 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1good
Udvega29:245:24 AM+1–31:117:11 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:127:12 AM to 31:117:11 AM+1

07:127:12 AM sunrise16:534:53 PM sunsetsunrise 31:117:11 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 12:2512:25 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 26:162:16 AM+1
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 26:432:43 AM+1
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:2512:25 PM
Kaulavauntil 24:2412:24 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0312:03 PM–13:151:15 PM
Pradoṣa 16:534:53 PM–18:476:47 PM
Niśītha 23:3811:38 PM–24:2612:26 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. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:151:15 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 41 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:476:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:2612:26 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  10. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī12:2512:25 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā26:16 02:162:16 AM ThuRevatī
YogaŚiva26:43 02:432:43 AM ThuSiddha
KaraṇaBālava12:2512:25 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:11 07:117:11 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2025
Śaka
1890
Kali
5069
Ahargaṇa
1 851 778
Day length
9 h 41 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
09:499:49 AM
Moonset
22:2110:21 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:175:17 AM07:127:12 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:175:17 AM06:156:15 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:465:46 AM07:127:12 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:127:12 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:258:25 AM09:379:37 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM11:0411:04 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5010:50 AM12:0312:03 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:3811:38 AM13:151:15 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4311:43 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:151:15 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM14:572:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:391:39 PM14:182:18 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:572:57 PM16:534:53 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:534:53 PM18:476:47 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:534:53 PM17:225:22 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:534:53 PM18:196:19 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:249:24 PM23:0111:01 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3811:38 PM24:2612:26 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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