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Thursday 14 January 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 02:352:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3112:31 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:217:21 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:497:49 AM

Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 53° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:216:21 AM
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PM
  • Vijaya13:181:18 PM–13:541:54 PM
  • Godhūli16:164:16 PM–16:474:47 PM
  • Amṛta kāla22:5310:53 PM–24:2312:23 AM+1

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:217:21 AM–08:288:28 AM
  • Gulika09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AM
  • Durmuhūrta10:2010:20 AM–10:5510:55 AM
  • Rāhu kāla12:5612:56 PM–14:032:03 PM
  • Varjya13:501:50 PM–15:213:21 PM
  • Durmuhūrta13:541:54 PM–14:292:29 PM

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

Śubha07:217:21 AM–08:288:28 AMgood
Roga08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMavoid
Udvega09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Cara10:4210:42 AM–11:4911:49 AMneutral
Lābha11:4911:49 AM–12:5612:56 PMgood
Amṛta12:5612:56 PM–14:032:03 PMgood
Kāla14:032:03 PM–15:103:10 PMavoid
Śubha15:103:10 PM–16:164:16 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta16:164:16 PM–18:096:09 PMgood
Cara18:096:09 PM–20:038:03 PMneutral
Roga20:038:03 PM–21:569:56 PMavoid
Kāla21:569:56 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Lābha23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1good
Udvega25:421:42 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:353:35 AM+1–29:285:28 AM+1good
Amṛta29:285:28 AM+1–31:217:21 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:217:21 AM to 31:217:21 AM+1

07:217:21 AM sunrise16:164:16 PM sunsetsunrise 31:217:21 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 24:3112:31 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 07:497:49 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 30:256:25 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 24:5912:59 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:341:34 PM
Bālavauntil 24:3112:31 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Rāhu kāla 12:5612:56 PM–14:032:03 PM
Pradoṣa 16:164:16 PM–18:176:17 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:032:03 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 55 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:176:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  12. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  13. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī24:31 00:3112:31 AM FriṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā07:497:49 AMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān24:59 00:5912:59 AM FriParigha
KaraṇaBava13:341:34 PMBālava
VāraGuruvāra31:21 07:217:21 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 936
Day length
8 h 55 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:379:37 AM
Moonset
21:219:21 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:215:21 AM07:217:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM07:217:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:217:21 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa07:217:21 AM08:288:28 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgava09:089:08 AM10:5510:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika09:359:35 AM10:4210:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrta10:2010:20 AM10:5510:55 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:3111:31 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa12:4212:42 PM14:292:29 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla12:5612:56 PM14:032:03 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijaya13:181:18 PM13:541:54 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya13:501:50 PM15:213:21 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrta13:541:54 PM14:292:29 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna14:292:29 PM16:164:16 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa16:164:16 PM18:176:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:164:16 PM16:474:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:164:16 PM17:475:47 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kāla22:5310:53 PM24:2312:23 AM+1sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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