Monday 26 January 2004 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 22:0610:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:1410:14 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasanta Pañcamī determinate
At sunrise
07:127:12 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0410:04 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 21 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
07:127:12 AM to 31:117:11 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 | 22:1410:14 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 30:59 06:596:59 AM Tue | Revatī |
| Yoga | Śiva | 26:44 02:442:44 AM Tue | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:0410:04 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:155:15 AM | 07:127:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:445:44 AM | 07:127:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:127:12 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:228:22 AM | 09:329:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4310:43 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:031:03 PM | 14:132:13 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:261:26 PM | 14:032:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:032:03 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:412:41 PM | 16:334:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:004:00 PM | 17:395:39 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:334:33 PM | 18:306:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:334:33 PM | 17:025:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:334:33 PM | 18:016:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:591:59 AM+1 | 27:393:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |