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Tuesday 24 December 1968 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 13:001:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:0911:09 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:237:23 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:0911:09 AM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 60° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 25% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 60° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:237:23 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2211:22 AM–11:5711:57 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:051:05 PM–13:391:39 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:563:56 PM–16:274:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:563:56 PM–17:295:29 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:3611:36 PM–25:101:10+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:069:06 AM–09:409:40 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:319:31 AM–10:3510:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4011:40 AM–12:4412:44 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla13:481:48 PM–14:522:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:132:13 PM–15:473:47 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:0710:07 PM–23:0911:09 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:237:23 AM–08:278:27 AMavoid
Udvega08:278:27 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Cara09:319:31 AM–10:3510:35 AMneutral
Lābha10:3510:35 AM–11:4011:40 AMgood
Amṛta11:4011:40 AM–12:4412:44 PMgood
Kāla12:4412:44 PM–13:481:48 PMavoid
Śubha13:481:48 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Roga14:522:52 PM–15:563:56 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla15:563:56 PM–17:525:52 PMavoid
Lābha17:525:52 PM–19:487:48 PMgood
Udvega19:487:48 PM–21:449:44 PMavoid
Śubha21:449:44 PM–23:4011:40 PMgood
Amṛta23:4011:40 PM–25:361:36+1 AMgood
Cara25:361:36+1 AM–27:323:32+1 AMneutral
Roga27:323:32+1 AM–29:275:27+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:275:27+1 AM–31:237:23+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:237:23 AM to 31:237:23+1 AM

07:237:23 AM sunrise15:563:56 PM sunsetsunrise 31:237:23+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 11:0911:09 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 30:396:39+1 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 14:322:32 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 11:0911:09 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:3210:32 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2211:22 AM–11:5711:57 AM
Rāhu kāla 13:481:48 PM–14:522:52 PM
Pradoṣa 15:563:56 PM–18:006:00 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04+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.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 11:5711:57 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:522:52 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 8 h 33 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:006:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī11:0911:09 AMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā30:39 06:396:39 AM WedPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVajra14:322:32 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaBālava11:0911:09 AMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:23 07:237:23 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2025
Śaka
1890
Kali
5069
Ahargaṇa
1 851 749
Day length
8 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:5010:50 AM
Moonset
21:229:22 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:237:23 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:237:23 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:237:23 AM09:069:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:069:06 AM10:4810:48 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:069:06 AM09:409:40 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:319:31 AM10:3510:35 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2211:22 AM11:5711:57 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4011:40 AM12:4412:44 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3112:31 PM14:142:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:051:05 PM13:391:39 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:481:48 PM14:522:52 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:132:13 PM15:473:47 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening14:142:14 PM15:563:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:563:56 PM18:006:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:563:56 PM16:274:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:563:56 PM17:295:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:0710:07 PM23:0911:09 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:3611:36 PM25:101:10+1 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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