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Thursday 14 January 2016 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 02:352:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3112:31+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:487:48 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:497:49 AM

Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.

Noon

12:3612:36 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3612:36 PM
At noon, 12:3612:36 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 53° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:535:53 AM–06:506:50 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:226:22 AM–07:487:48 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1712:17 PM–12:5512:55 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:122:12 PM–14:502:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:235:23 PM–17:525:52 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:235:23 PM–18:506:50 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:5310:53 PM–24:2312:23+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:487:48 AM–09:009:00 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:1210:12 AM–11:2411:24 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:0011:00 AM–11:3811:38 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:481:48 PM–15:003:00 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:501:50 PM–15:213:21 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta14:502:50 PM–15:283:28 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Śubha07:487:48 AM–09:009:00 AMgood
Roga09:009:00 AM–10:1210:12 AMavoid
Udvega10:1210:12 AM–11:2411:24 AMavoid
Cara11:2411:24 AM–12:3612:36 PMneutral
Lābha12:3612:36 PM–13:481:48 PMgood
Amṛta13:481:48 PM–15:003:00 PMgood
Kāla15:003:00 PM–16:114:11 PMavoid
Śubha16:114:11 PM–17:235:23 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:235:23 PM–19:117:11 PMgood
Cara19:117:11 PM–20:598:59 PMneutral
Roga20:598:59 PM–22:4810:48 PMavoid
Kāla22:4810:48 PM–24:3612:36+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:3612:36+1 AM–26:242:24+1 AMgood
Udvega26:242:24+1 AM–28:124:12+1 AMavoid
Śubha28:124:12+1 AM–30:006:00+1 AMgood
Amṛta30:006:00+1 AM–31:487:48+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:487:48 AM to 31:487:48+1 AM

07:487:48 AM sunrise17:235:23 PM sunsetsunrise 31:487:48+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 24:3112:31+1 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 07:497:49 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 30:256:25+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 24:5912:59+1 AM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:341:34 PM
Bālavauntil 24:3112:31+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1712:17 PM–12:5512:55 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:481:48 PM–15:003:00 PM
Pradoṣa 17:235:23 PM–19:197:19 PM
Niśītha 24:1212:12+1 AM–25:001:00+1 AM

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.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5512:55 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:003:00 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 35 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:197:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:001:00+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  12. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  13. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī24:31 00:3112:31 AM FriṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā07:497:49 AMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān24:59 00:5912:59 AM FriParigha
KaraṇaBava13:341:34 PMBālava
VāraGuruvāra31:48 07:487:48 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 936
Day length
9 h 35 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:2010:20 AM
Moonset
22:1310:13 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:535:53 AM07:487:48 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:535:53 AM06:506:50 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:226:22 AM07:487:48 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:487:48 AM09:439:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:487:48 AM09:009:00 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:439:43 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:1210:12 AM11:2411:24 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:0011:00 AM11:3811:38 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:1212:12 PM13:001:00 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1712:17 PM12:5512:55 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:331:33 PM15:283:28 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:481:48 PM15:003:00 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:501:50 PM15:213:21 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:122:12 PM14:502:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:502:50 PM15:283:28 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:283:28 PM17:235:23 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:235:23 PM19:197:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:235:23 PM17:525:52 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:235:23 PM18:506:50 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:5310:53 PM24:2312:23+1 AMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:1212:12+1 AM25:001:00+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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