Sunday 8 May 2011 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 19:037:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:007:00 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
07:067:06 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 14 h 08 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 29:195:19 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 | 19:007:00 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 12:3512:35 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 18:256:25 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 07:067:06 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:19 05:195:19 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:014:01 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:014:01 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:204:20 AM | 05:205:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:205:20 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:102:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:452:45 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:563:56 PM | 17:425:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:384:38 PM | 19:287:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:355:35 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:425:42 PM | 19:287:28 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:287:28 PM | 20:468:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:287:28 PM | 19:477:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:287:28 PM | 20:278:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | 26:192:19 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |