Monday 15 April 2013 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 00:0512:05 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:362:36 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:596:59 AM
Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 15 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:485:48 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 | 26:36 02:362:36 AM Tue | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 09:139:13 AM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 06:596:59 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:191:19 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:48 05:485:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:297:29 AM | 09:089:08 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:463:46 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:402:40 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:313:31 PM | 17:205:20 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:333:33 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:057:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:057:05 PM | 20:318:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:057:05 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:057:05 PM | 20:098:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:212:21 AM+1 | 28:094:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |