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Wednesday 18 January 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 18:286:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:187:18 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:515:51 PM

Pūrva Bhādrapadā gives way to Uttara Bhādrapadā.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 02 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 56° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 22% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 56° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:196:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:239:23 AM–11:0511:05 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:211:21 PM–13:571:57 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:214:21 PM–16:514:51 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:214:21 PM–17:515:51 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:278:27 AM–09:359:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4310:43 AM–11:5011:50 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3211:32 AM–12:0812:08 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5011:50 AM–12:5812:58 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:493:49 AM+1–29:285:28 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha07:197:19 AM–08:278:27 AMgood
Amṛta08:278:27 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4310:43 AMavoid
Śubha10:4310:43 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Roga11:5011:50 AM–12:5812:58 PMavoid
Udvega12:5812:58 PM–14:062:06 PMavoid
Cara14:062:06 PM–15:133:13 PMneutral
Lābha15:133:13 PM–16:214:21 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:214:21 PM–18:136:13 PMavoid
Śubha18:136:13 PM–20:068:06 PMgood
Amṛta20:068:06 PM–21:589:58 PMgood
Cara21:589:58 PM–23:5011:50 PMneutral
Roga23:5011:50 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:421:42 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:343:34 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1good
Udvega29:275:27 AM+1–31:197:19 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:197:19 AM+1

07:197:19 AM sunrise16:214:21 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 19:187:18 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 17:515:51 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 28:134:13 AM+1
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 19:187:18 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5011:50 AM–12:5812:58 PM
Pradoṣa 16:214:21 PM–18:216:21 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5812:58 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. SunsetDay length 9 h 02 m.
  4. PradoṣaUntil 18:216:21 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  5. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  6. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  7. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  10. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī19:187:18 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā17:515:51 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaParigha28:13 04:134:13 AM ThuŚiva
KaraṇaBālava19:187:18 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:19 07:197:19 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2012
Śaka
1877
Kali
5056
Ahargaṇa
1 847 025
Day length
9 h 02 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:139:13 AM
Moonset
21:559:55 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:196:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:278:27 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:239:23 AM11:0511:05 AMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4310:43 AM11:5011:50 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM12:5812:58 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4512:45 PM14:332:33 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:211:21 PM13:571:57 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:332:33 PM16:214:21 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:214:21 PM18:216:21 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:214:21 PM16:514:51 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:214:21 PM17:515:51 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:493:49 AM+129:285:28 AM+1sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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