Tuesday 27 March 2012 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 05:285:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:088:08 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:126:12 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:496:49 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 86° above S. Day length 12 h 09 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
06:126:12 AM to 30:116:11 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | past sunrise | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 24:26 00:2612:26 AM Wed | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Prīti | past sunrise | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 18:496:49 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:11 06:116:11 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:374:37 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:374:37 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:005:00 AM | 06:126:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:126:12 AM | 08:378:37 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:378:37 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:378:37 AM | 09:269:26 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:149:14 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5110:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:471:47 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:172:17 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:183:18 PM | 16:494:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:553:55 PM | 18:206:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:206:20 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:206:20 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:206:20 PM | 19:317:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:439:43 PM | 23:3111:31 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0511:05 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |