Wednesday 1 April 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 21:219:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:596:59 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:215:21 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:006:00 AM
Kṛttikā gives way to Rohiṇī.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 12 h 47 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
05:215:21 AM to 29:195:19 AM+1
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 | 18:596:59 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 06:006:00 AM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 26:22 02:222:22 AM Thu | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:058:05 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:19 05:195:19 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:513:51 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:513:51 AM | 04:364:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:144:14 AM | 05:215:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:215:21 AM | 07:547:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:576:57 AM | 08:338:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:547:54 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4411:44 AM | 13:201:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:521:52 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:343:34 PM | 18:086:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:086:08 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:086:08 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:086:08 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:069:06 PM | 22:3710:37 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:381:38 AM+1 | 27:093:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |