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Tuesday 17 January 2017 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 11:1511:15 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:3911:39 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:286:28 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:3911:39 AM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

12:2112:21 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:2112:21 PM
At noon, 12:2112:21 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 240° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 75% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 240° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:504:50 AM–05:395:39 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:145:14 AM–06:286:28 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5711:57 AM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:182:18 PM–15:053:05 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:015:01 PM–18:436:43 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:146:14 PM–18:386:38 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:146:14 PM–19:277:27 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:536:53 AM–08:358:35 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:498:49 AM–09:369:36 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:249:24 AM–10:5210:52 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2112:21 PM–13:491:49 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:173:17 PM–16:454:45 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:0711:07 PM–23:5611:56 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

Roga06:286:28 AM–07:567:56 AMavoid
Udvega07:567:56 AM–09:249:24 AMavoid
Cara09:249:24 AM–10:5210:52 AMneutral
Lābha10:5210:52 AM–12:2112:21 PMgood
Amṛta12:2112:21 PM–13:491:49 PMgood
Kāla13:491:49 PM–15:173:17 PMavoid
Śubha15:173:17 PM–16:454:45 PMgood
Roga16:454:45 PM–18:146:14 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:146:14 PM–19:457:45 PMavoid
Lābha19:457:45 PM–21:179:17 PMgood
Udvega21:179:17 PM–22:4910:49 PMavoid
Śubha22:4910:49 PM–24:2112:21 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2112:21 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1good
Cara25:531:53 AM+1–27:243:24 AM+1neutral
Roga27:243:24 AM+1–28:564:56 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:564:56 AM+1–30:286:28 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:286:28 AM to 30:286:28 AM+1

06:286:28 AM sunrise18:146:14 PM sunsetsunrise 30:286:28 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 11:3911:39 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 24:3712:37 AM+1
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 12:0212:02 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 11:3911:39 AM
Garauntil 24:0912:09 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5711:57 AM–12:4412:44 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:173:17 PM–16:454:45 PM
Pradoṣa 18:146:14 PM–19:527:52 PM
Niśītha 23:5711:57 PM–24:4512:45 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:454:45 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 46 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:527:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4512:45 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pañcamī11:3911:39 AMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī24:37 00:3712:37 AM WedHasta
YogaŚobhana12:0212:02 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaTaitila11:3911:39 AMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:28 06:286:28 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 305
Day length
11 h 46 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
22:3810:38 PM
Moonset
10:1410:14 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:504:50 AM06:286:28 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:504:50 AM05:395:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:145:14 AM06:286:28 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:286:28 AM08:498:49 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:536:53 AM08:358:35 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:498:49 AM11:1011:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:498:49 AM09:369:36 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:249:24 AM10:5210:52 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5711:57 AM12:4512:45 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5711:57 AM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2112:21 PM13:491:49 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:311:31 PM15:523:52 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:182:18 PM15:053:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:173:17 PM16:454:45 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:523:52 PM18:146:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:015:01 PM18:436:43 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:146:14 PM19:527:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:146:14 PM18:386:38 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:146:14 PM19:277:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0711:07 PM23:5611:56 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5711:57 PM24:4512:45 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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