Sunday 14 January 1940 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 05:235:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:058:05 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:227:22 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2310:23 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 54 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
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07:227:22 AM to 31:217:21 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 | Śatabhiṣā | 10:2310:23 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 29:34 05:345:34 AM Mon | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 18:436:43 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:21 07:217:21 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:227:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:227:22 AM | 09:099:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:099:09 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:5612:56 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4212:42 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:181:18 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:022:02 PM | 15:093:09 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:292:29 PM | 16:164:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:053:05 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:093:09 PM | 16:164:16 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:164:16 PM | 18:176:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:164:16 PM | 16:464:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:164:16 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:375:37 PM | 19:257:25 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:284:28 AM+1 | 30:166:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |