Tuesday 18 August 1931 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 15:223:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3612:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:404:40 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3612:36 PM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 14 h 07 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
04:404:40 AM to 28:424:42 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 | 12:3612:36 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 21:279:27 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 18:446:44 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:3612:36 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:42 04:424:42 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:213:21 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:213:21 AM | 04:014:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:413:41 AM | 04:404:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:404:40 AM | 07:307:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:406:40 AM | 08:098:09 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:307:30 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:307:30 AM | 08:268:26 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:128:12 AM | 09:589:58 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4411:44 AM | 13:291:29 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:153:15 PM | 17:015:01 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:323:32 PM | 17:015:01 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:583:58 PM | 18:476:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:476:47 PM | 20:068:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:476:47 PM | 19:077:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:476:47 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4510:45 PM | 23:2411:24 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:432:43 AM+1 | 28:144:14 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |