Saturday 13 September 2014 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śanivāra. Pañcamī began at 22:4010:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:319:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:599:59 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 12 h 34 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
06:066:06 AM to 30:076:07 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 | 21:319:31 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 21:369:36 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 21:409:40 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:599:59 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:07 06:076:07 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:344:34 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:344:34 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:574:57 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:368:36 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:066:06 AM | 07:407:40 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:066:06 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:566:56 AM | 07:467:46 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:277:27 AM | 09:029:02 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:368:36 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:149:14 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4812:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 16:094:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:571:57 PM | 15:313:31 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:282:28 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:094:09 PM | 18:406:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:534:53 PM | 18:276:27 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:406:40 PM | 20:118:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:406:40 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:406:40 PM | 19:487:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |