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Monday 15 December 1958 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 17:085:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:524:52 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:427:42 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:524:52 PM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 20 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 58° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 23% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 58° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:445:44 AM–06:436:43 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:146:14 AM–07:427:42 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0312:03 PM–12:4012:40 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:551:55 PM–14:322:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:025:02 PM–17:315:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:025:02 PM–18:306:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:227:22 PM–21:019:01 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:528:52 AM–10:0210:02 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:289:28 AM–11:0711:07 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1211:12 AM–12:2212:22 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4012:40 PM–13:181:18 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:321:32 PM–14:422:42 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:322:32 PM–15:103:10 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Amṛta07:427:42 AM–08:528:52 AMgood
Kāla08:528:52 AM–10:0210:02 AMavoid
Śubha10:0210:02 AM–11:1211:12 AMgood
Roga11:1211:12 AM–12:2212:22 PMavoid
Udvega12:2212:22 PM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Cara13:321:32 PM–14:422:42 PMneutral
Lābha14:422:42 PM–15:523:52 PMgood
Amṛta15:523:52 PM–17:025:02 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:025:02 PM–18:526:52 PMneutral
Roga18:526:52 PM–20:428:42 PMavoid
Kāla20:428:42 PM–22:3210:32 PMavoid
Lābha22:3210:32 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1good
Udvega24:2212:22 AM+1–26:122:12 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:122:12 AM+1–28:024:02 AM+1good
Amṛta28:024:02 AM+1–29:525:52 AM+1good
Cara29:525:52 AM+1–31:427:42 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:427:42 AM to 31:427:42 AM+1

07:427:42 AM sunrise17:025:02 PM sunsetsunrise 31:427:42 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 16:524:52 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 30:066:06 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 29:505:50 AM+1
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 16:524:52 PM
Kaulavauntil 29:045:04 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:528:52 AM–10:0210:02 AM
Abhijit 12:0312:03 PM–12:4012:40 PM
Pradoṣa 17:025:02 PM–18:596:59 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:0210:02 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4012:40 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 20 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:596:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  11. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī16:524:52 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā30:06 06:066:06 AM TueŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa29:50 05:505:50 AM TueVajra
KaraṇaBālava16:524:52 PMKaulava
VāraSomavāra31:42 07:427:42 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2015
Śaka
1880
Kali
5059
Ahargaṇa
1 848 087
Day length
9 h 20 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:5510:55 AM
Moonset
22:0510:05 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:445:44 AM07:427:42 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:445:44 AM06:436:43 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:146:14 AM07:427:42 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:427:42 AM09:349:34 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:528:52 AM10:0210:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:289:28 AM11:0711:07 AMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:349:34 AM11:2611:26 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1211:12 AM12:2212:22 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0312:03 PM12:4012:40 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4012:40 PM13:181:18 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:181:18 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:321:32 PM14:422:42 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:551:55 PM14:322:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:322:32 PM15:103:10 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:103:10 PM17:025:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:025:02 PM18:596:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:025:02 PM17:315:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:025:02 PM18:306:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:227:22 PM21:019:01 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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