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Thursday 20 January 1972 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Māgha Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 22:5610:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:528:52 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śrī Pañcamī

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

AlsoVasanta Pañcamī determinate

At sunrise

07:147:14 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:559:55 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 36 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 55° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:166:16 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:475:47 AM–07:147:14 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:377:37 AM–09:089:08 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:4311:43 AM–12:2112:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:381:38 PM–14:162:16 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:504:50 PM–17:185:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:504:50 PM–18:166:16 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:147:14 AM–08:268:26 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:389:38 AM–10:5010:50 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2610:26 AM–11:0411:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:141:14 PM–14:262:26 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:162:16 PM–14:542:54 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya24:1212:12+1 AM–25:421:42+1 AMa 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

Śubha07:147:14 AM–08:268:26 AMgood
Roga08:268:26 AM–09:389:38 AMavoid
Udvega09:389:38 AM–10:5010:50 AMavoid
Cara10:5010:50 AM–12:0212:02 PMneutral
Lābha12:0212:02 PM–13:141:14 PMgood
Amṛta13:141:14 PM–14:262:26 PMgood
Kāla14:262:26 PM–15:383:38 PMavoid
Śubha15:383:38 PM–16:504:50 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta16:504:50 PM–18:386:38 PMgood
Cara18:386:38 PM–20:258:25 PMneutral
Roga20:258:25 PM–22:1310:13 PMavoid
Kāla22:1310:13 PM–24:0112:01+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:0112:01+1 AM–25:491:49+1 AMgood
Udvega25:491:49+1 AM–27:373:37+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:373:37+1 AM–29:255:25+1 AMgood
Amṛta29:255:25+1 AM–31:137:13+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:147:14 AM to 31:137:13+1 AM

07:147:14 AM sunrise16:504:50 PM sunsetsunrise 31:137:13+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 20:528:52 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 15:103:10 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 20:478:47 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:559:55 AM
Bālavauntil 20:528:52 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4311:43 AM–12:2112:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:141:14 PM–14:262:26 PM
Pradoṣa 16:504:50 PM–18:456:45 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25+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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2112:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:262:26 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 36 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:456:45 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī20:528:52 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā15:103:10 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaParigha20:478:47 PMŚiva
KaraṇaBava09:559:55 AMBālava
VāraGuruvāra31:13 07:137:13 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2028
Śaka
1893
Kali
5072
Ahargaṇa
1 852 871
Day length
9 h 36 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:239:23 AM
Moonset
22:0110:01 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:147:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:166:16 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:475:47 AM07:147:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:147:14 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:147:14 AM08:268:26 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:377:37 AM09:089:08 AMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM11:0411:04 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:389:38 AM10:5010:50 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2610:26 AM11:0411:04 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4311:43 AM12:2112:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM14:542:54 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:141:14 PM14:262:26 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:381:38 PM14:162:16 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:162:16 PM14:542:54 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:542:54 PM16:504:50 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:504:50 PM18:456:45 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:504:50 PM17:185:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:504:50 PM18:166:16 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:1212:12+1 AM25:421:42+1 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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