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Friday 8 May 1981 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Pañcamī

Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 22:2910:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:218:21 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śaṅkara Jayantī

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

04:164:16 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:209:20 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:3611:36 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 14 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3611:36 AM
At noon, 11:3611:36 AM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 55° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:023:02 AM–03:393:39 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:203:20 AM–04:164:16 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0811:08 AM–12:0612:06 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:042:04 PM–15:033:03 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:586:58 PM–19:167:16 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:586:58 PM–19:537:53 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:066:06 AM–07:577:57 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:127:12 AM–08:118:11 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:479:47 AM–11:3711:37 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0612:06 PM–13:051:05 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:173:17 PM–17:075:07 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya24:4012:40+1 AM–26:122:12+1 AMa 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

Cara04:164:16 AM–06:066:06 AMneutral
Lābha06:066:06 AM–07:577:57 AMgood
Amṛta07:577:57 AM–09:479:47 AMgood
Kāla09:479:47 AM–11:3711:37 AMavoid
Śubha11:3711:37 AM–13:271:27 PMgood
Roga13:271:27 PM–15:173:17 PMavoid
Udvega15:173:17 PM–17:075:07 PMavoid
Cara17:075:07 PM–18:586:58 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:586:58 PM–20:078:07 PMavoid
Kāla20:078:07 PM–21:179:17 PMavoid
Lābha21:179:17 PM–22:2710:27 PMgood
Udvega22:2710:27 PM–23:3611:36 PMavoid
Śubha23:3611:36 PM–24:4612:46+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:4612:46+1 AM–25:561:56+1 AMgood
Cara25:561:56+1 AM–27:053:05+1 AMneutral
Roga27:053:05+1 AM–28:154:15+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:164:16 AM to 28:154:15+1 AM

04:164:16 AM sunrise18:586:58 PM sunsetsunrise 28:154:15+1 AM
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 20:218:21 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 13:061:06 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 17:295:29 PM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:209:20 AM
Bālavauntil 20:218:21 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:479:47 AM–11:3711:37 AM
Abhijit 11:0811:08 AM–12:0612:06 PM
Pradoṣa 18:586:58 PM–20:128:12 PM
Niśītha 23:1211:12 PM–24:0012:00+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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:3711:37 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0612:06 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  6. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 41 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:128:12 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0012:00+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī20:218:21 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraĀrdrā13:061:06 PMPunarvasu
YogaDhṛti17:295:29 PMŚūla
KaraṇaBava09:209:20 AMBālava
VāraŚukravāra28:15 04:154:15 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2038
Śaka
1903
Kali
5082
Ahargaṇa
1 856 267
Day length
14 h 41 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
07:507:50 AM
Moonset
23:3011:30 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:023:02 AM04:164:16 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:023:02 AM03:393:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:203:20 AM04:164:16 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:164:16 AM07:127:12 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:066:06 AM07:577:57 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:127:12 AM10:0910:09 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:127:12 AM08:118:11 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:479:47 AM11:3711:37 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0811:08 AM12:0612:06 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1311:13 AM12:0112:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0612:06 PM13:051:05 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:051:05 PM16:014:01 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:042:04 PM15:033:03 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:173:17 PM17:075:07 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:014:01 PM18:586:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:586:58 PM20:128:12 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:586:58 PM19:167:16 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:586:58 PM19:537:53 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1211:12 PM24:0012:00+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:4012:40+1 AM26:122:12+1 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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