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Thursday 14 January 2016 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 00:0512:05 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:0110:01 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:276:27 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:0411:04 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:1912:19 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:1912:19 PM
At noon, 12:1912:19 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 muhūrta04:494:49 AM–05:385:38 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:135:13 AM–06:276:27 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5611:56 AM–12:4312:43 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:172:17 PM–15:043:04 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:126:12 PM–18:366:36 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:126:12 PM–19:257:25 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:238:23 PM–21:539:53 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:276:27 AM–07:557:55 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:239:23 AM–10:5110:51 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2210:22 AM–11:0911:09 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya11:2011:20 AM–12:5112:51 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla13:481:48 PM–15:163:16 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:043:04 PM–15:513:51 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

Śubha06:276:27 AM–07:557:55 AMgood
Roga07:557:55 AM–09:239:23 AMavoid
Udvega09:239:23 AM–10:5110:51 AMavoid
Cara10:5110:51 AM–12:1912:19 PMneutral
Lābha12:1912:19 PM–13:481:48 PMgood
Amṛta13:481:48 PM–15:163:16 PMgood
Kāla15:163:16 PM–16:444:44 PMavoid
Śubha16:444:44 PM–18:126:12 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:126:12 PM–19:447:44 PMgood
Cara19:447:44 PM–21:169:16 PMneutral
Roga21:169:16 PM–22:4810:48 PMavoid
Kāla22:4810:48 PM–24:2012:20 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:2012:20 AM+1–25:511:51 AM+1good
Udvega25:511:51 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:233:23 AM+1–28:554:55 AM+1good
Amṛta28:554:55 AM+1–30:276:27 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:276:27 AM to 30:276:27 AM+1

06:276:27 AM sunrise18:126:12 PM sunsetsunrise 30:276:27 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 22:0110:01 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 27:553:55 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 22:2910:29 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 11:0411:04 AM
Bālavauntil 22:0110:01 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5611:56 AM–12:4312:43 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:481:48 PM–15:163:16 PM
Pradoṣa 18:126:12 PM–19:507:50 PM
Niśītha 23:5611:56 PM–24:4412:44 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4312:43 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:163:16 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:507:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4412:44 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī22:0110:01 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā27:55 03:553:55 AM FriUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān22:2910:29 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava11:0411:04 AMBālava
VāraGuruvāra30:27 06:276:27 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 936
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:539:53 AM
Moonset
22:1110:11 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:494:49 AM06:276:27 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:494:49 AM05:385:38 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:135:13 AM06:276:27 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:276:27 AM08:488:48 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:276:27 AM07:557:55 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:488:48 AM11:0911:09 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:239:23 AM10:5110:51 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2210:22 AM11:0911:09 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:2011:20 AM12:5112:51 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5511:55 AM12:4312:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5611:56 AM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:301:30 PM15:513:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:481:48 PM15:163:16 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:172:17 PM15:043:04 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:043:04 PM15:513:51 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:513:51 PM18:126:12 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:126:12 PM19:507:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:126:12 PM18:366:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:126:12 PM19:257:25 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:238:23 PM21:539:53 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5611:56 PM24:4412:44 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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