Thursday 23 November 2017 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 05:255:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:058:05 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:536:53 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:299:29 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhā gives way to Uttarāṣāḍhā.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 06 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
06:536:53 AM to 30:556:55 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 | past sunrise | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 09:299:29 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 27:53 03:533:53 AM Fri | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 18:466:46 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:55 06:556:55 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:536:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:245:24 AM | 06:536:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:536:53 AM | 08:428:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:536:53 AM | 08:018:01 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:428:42 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:109:10 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:559:55 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:431:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:341:34 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:102:10 PM | 15:593:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:593:59 PM | 17:585:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:593:59 PM | 16:294:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:593:59 PM | 17:295:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:306:30 PM | 20:198:19 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0311:03 PM | 23:5111:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:205:20 AM+1 | 31:087:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |