Wednesday 27 October 1976 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 10:3010:30 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:058:05 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:058:05 AM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
12:3412:34 PM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 33 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | 08:058:05 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 12:3312:33 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 27:12 03:123:12 AM Thu | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:058:05 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:19 07:197:19 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:305:30 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:305:30 AM | 06:246:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:249:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:378:37 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:249:24 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0411:04 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:531:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:443:44 PM | 17:515:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:515:51 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:515:51 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:515:51 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:489:48 PM | 23:2011:20 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11+1 AM | 24:5912:59+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 31:027:02+1 AM | 32:358:35+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |