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Sunday 15 December 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 13:261:26 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:4410:44 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

Pañcamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoCampā Ṣaṣṭhī determinateSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4410:44 AM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

11:3511:35 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3511:35 AM
At noon, 11:3511:35 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 60° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 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 muhūrta05:145:14 AM–06:166:16 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:455:45 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1811:18 AM–11:5211:52 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:5612:56 PM–14:242:24 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:011:01 PM–13:351:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:533:53 PM–16:234:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:533:53 PM–17:255:25 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa11:3511:35 AM–12:3912:39 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:441:44 PM–14:482:48 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:442:44 PM–15:183:18 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla14:482:48 PM–15:533:53 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya29:175:17 AM+1–30:476:47 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

Udvega07:187:18 AM–08:228:22 AMavoid
Cara08:228:22 AM–09:269:26 AMneutral
Lābha09:269:26 AM–10:3110:31 AMgood
Amṛta10:3110:31 AM–11:3511:35 AMgood
Kāla11:3511:35 AM–12:3912:39 PMavoid
Śubha12:3912:39 PM–13:441:44 PMgood
Roga13:441:44 PM–14:482:48 PMavoid
Udvega14:482:48 PM–15:533:53 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha15:533:53 PM–17:485:48 PMgood
Amṛta17:485:48 PM–19:447:44 PMgood
Cara19:447:44 PM–21:409:40 PMneutral
Roga21:409:40 PM–23:3511:35 PMavoid
Kāla23:3511:35 PM–25:311:31 AM+1avoid
Lābha25:311:31 AM+1–27:273:27 AM+1good
Udvega27:273:27 AM+1–29:235:23 AM+1avoid
Śubha29:235:23 AM+1–31:187:18 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:187:18 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise15:533:53 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 10:4410:44 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 22:3210:32 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 22:2310:23 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:4410:44 AM
Kaulavauntil 21:309:30 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1811:18 AM–11:5211:52 AM
Rāhu kāla 14:482:48 PM–15:533:53 PM
Pradoṣa 15:533:53 PM–17:565:56 PM
Niśītha 23:1111:11 PM–23:5911:59 PM

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. Ravivāra begins.
  2. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 11:5211:52 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:533:53 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 35 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 17:565:56 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  10. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 23:5911:59 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī10:4410:44 AMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā22:3210:32 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa22:2310:23 PMVajra
KaraṇaBālava10:4410:44 AMKaulava
VāraRavivāra31:18 07:187:18 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 967
Day length
8 h 35 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:3110:31 AM
Moonset
21:259:25 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:145:14 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:145:14 AM06:166:16 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:455:45 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:019:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:019:01 AM10:4410:44 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1111:11 AM11:5911:59 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1811:18 AM11:5211:52 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:3511:35 AM12:3912:39 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:2712:27 PM14:102:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:5612:56 PM14:242:24 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:011:01 PM13:351:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:441:44 PM14:482:48 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:102:10 PM15:533:53 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:442:44 PM15:183:18 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:482:48 PM15:533:53 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk15:533:53 PM17:565:56 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:533:53 PM16:234:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:533:53 PM17:255:25 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1111:11 PM23:5911:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:175:17 AM+130:476:47 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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