Sunday 21 November 1982 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 07:237:23 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:0910:09 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:506:50 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0910:09 AM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 11 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
06:506:50 AM to 30:516:51+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 | 10:0910:09 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 20:428:42 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 17:055:05 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:0910:09 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:51 06:516:51 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:514:51 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:514:51 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:215:21 AM | 06:506:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:506:50 AM | 08:408:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:408:40 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:271:27 PM | 15:163:16 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:431:43 PM | 14:522:52 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:112:11 PM | 16:014:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:482:48 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:522:52 PM | 16:014:01 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:014:01 PM | 18:006:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:014:01 PM | 16:314:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:014:01 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:121:12+1 AM | 26:592:59+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |