Tuesday 4 December 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 08:278:27 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:0410:04 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:337:33 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0410:04 AM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
12:1712:17 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 28 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
07:337:33 AM to 31:347:34 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 | Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī | 10:0410:04 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | past sunrise | Maghā |
| Yoga | Indra | 28:03 04:034:03 AM Wed | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 10:0410:04 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:34 07:347:34 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:375:37 AM | 07:337:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:375:37 AM | 06:356:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:066:06 AM | 07:337:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:337:33 AM | 09:279:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:279:27 AM | 11:2011:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:279:27 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:281:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:141:14 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:521:52 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:392:39 PM | 15:503:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:073:07 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:576:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:378:37 PM | 22:1910:19 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5010:50 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:526:52 AM+1 | 32:358:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |