Monday 17 December 1928 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 21:569:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:1011:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:197:19 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3710:37 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 34 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
07:197:19 AM to 31:207:20 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 | 23:1011:10 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 30:55 06:556:55 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 25:45 01:451:45 AM Tue | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:3710:37 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:155:15 AM | 07:197:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 07:197:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:197:19 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:238:23 AM | 09:279:27 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:359:35 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3210:32 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:441:44 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:021:02 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:361:36 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:102:10 PM | 15:533:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:533:53 PM | 17:575:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:533:53 PM | 16:244:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:533:53 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:507:50 PM | 21:329:32 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |