Tuesday 12 December 1961 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 23:3411:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:189:18 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:157:15 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2610:26 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:3411:34 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 37 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
07:157:15 AM to 31:167:16+1 AM
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 | 21:189:18 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 15:113:11 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 20:228:22 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:2610:26 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:16 07:167:16 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:125:12 AM | 07:157:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:125:12 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:435:43 AM | 07:157:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:157:15 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:588:58 AM | 09:339:33 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:249:24 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:001:00 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:431:43 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:092:09 PM | 15:523:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:523:52 PM | 17:555:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:523:52 PM | 16:234:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:523:52 PM | 17:245:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:566:56 PM | 20:268:26 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0210:02 PM | 23:0311:03 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:563:56+1 AM | 29:265:26+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |