Sunday 26 July 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 21:409:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:427:42 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:205:20 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:368:36 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:3312:33 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 14 h 27 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
05:205:20 AM to 29:205:20 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 | 19:427:42 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 20:208:20 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Parigha | 10:0710:07 AM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:368:36 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:20 05:205:20 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:414:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:224:22 AM | 05:205:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:205:20 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:212:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:291:29 PM | 15:013:01 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:002:00 PM | 16:534:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:582:58 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:104:10 PM | 17:585:58 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:534:53 PM | 19:477:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:515:51 PM | 18:496:49 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:585:58 PM | 19:477:47 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:477:47 PM | 21:039:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:477:47 PM | 20:068:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:477:47 PM | 20:448:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:344:34 AM+1 | 30:086:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |