Sunday 24 June 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 02:362:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:182:18 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:594:59 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:478:47 AM
Āśleṣā gives way to Maghā.
Noon
12:2912:29 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 15 h 01 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
04:594:59 AM to 28:594:59 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 | 26:18 02:182:18 AM Mon | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 08:478:47 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 27:42 03:423:42 AM Mon | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:302:30 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:473:47 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:473:47 AM | 04:234:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:054:05 AM | 04:594:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:594:59 AM | 07:597:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:087:08 AM | 08:478:47 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:597:59 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:222:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:591:59 PM | 16:594:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:592:59 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:144:14 PM | 18:076:07 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:594:59 PM | 20:008:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 18:006:00 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 18:076:07 PM | 20:008:00 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:008:00 PM | 21:129:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:008:00 PM | 20:188:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:008:00 PM | 20:548:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:568:56 PM | 22:3310:33 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |