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Monday 21 December 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 05:325:32 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:168:16 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:467:46 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:556:55 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2512:25 PM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 18 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2512:25 PM
At noon, 12:2512:25 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 51° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 19% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 51° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:485:48 AM–06:476:47 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:176:17 AM–07:467:46 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0612:06 PM–12:4312:43 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:352:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:045:04 PM–17:335:33 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:045:04 PM–18:326:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:189:18 PM–23:0611:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:558:55 AM–10:0510:05 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:2710:27 AM–12:1512:15 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1511:15 AM–12:2512:25 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4312:43 PM–13:211:21 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:351:35 PM–14:442:44 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:352:35 PM–15:123:12 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

Amṛta07:467:46 AM–08:558:55 AMgood
Kāla08:558:55 AM–10:0510:05 AMavoid
Śubha10:0510:05 AM–11:1511:15 AMgood
Roga11:1511:15 AM–12:2512:25 PMavoid
Udvega12:2512:25 PM–13:351:35 PMavoid
Cara13:351:35 PM–14:442:44 PMneutral
Lābha14:442:44 PM–15:543:54 PMgood
Amṛta15:543:54 PM–17:045:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:045:04 PM–18:546:54 PMneutral
Roga18:546:54 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Kāla20:458:45 PM–22:3510:35 PMavoid
Lābha22:3510:35 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1good
Udvega24:2512:25 AM+1–26:152:15 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:152:15 AM+1–28:064:06 AM+1good
Amṛta28:064:06 AM+1–29:565:56 AM+1good
Cara29:565:56 AM+1–31:467:46 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:467:46 AM to 31:467:46 AM+1

07:467:46 AM sunrise17:045:04 PM sunsetsunrise 31:467:46 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 21:159:15 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 18:556:55 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:558:55 AM–10:0510:05 AM
Abhijit 12:0612:06 PM–12:4312:43 PM
Pradoṣa 17:045:04 PM–19:027:02 PM
Niśītha 24:0112:01 AM+1–24:4912:49 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 10:0510:05 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4312:43 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 18 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:027:02 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamīpast sunriseṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhāpast sunriseŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa21:159:15 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava18:556:55 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:46 07:467:46 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 721
Day length
9 h 18 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:3810:38 AM
Moonset
21:339:33 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:485:48 AM07:467:46 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:485:48 AM06:476:47 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:176:17 AM07:467:46 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:467:46 AM09:379:37 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:558:55 AM10:0510:05 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:379:37 AM11:2911:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:2710:27 AM12:1512:15 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1511:15 AM12:2512:25 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0112:01 PM12:4912:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0612:06 PM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4312:43 PM13:211:21 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:211:21 PM15:123:12 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:351:35 PM14:442:44 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:581:58 PM14:352:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:352:35 PM15:123:12 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:123:12 PM17:045:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:045:04 PM19:027:02 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:045:04 PM17:335:33 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:045:04 PM18:326:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:189:18 PM23:0611:06 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01 AM+124:4912:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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