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Saturday 13 April 2024 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Śanivāra. Pañcamī began at 15:423:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:352:35 PM.

Observed here on this day

Vaiśākhī

The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoLakṣmī Pañcamī determinate

At sunrise

05:525:52 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:352:35 PM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

12:2712:27 PM

The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 11 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2712:27 PM
At noon, 12:2712:27 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 59° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 24% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 59° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:254:25 AM–05:095:09 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:474:47 AM–05:525:52 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0112:01 PM–12:5412:54 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:392:39 PM–15:323:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla18:326:32 PM–20:088:08 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:037:03 PM–19:257:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:037:03 PM–20:088:08 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika05:525:52 AM–07:317:31 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta05:525:52 AM–06:456:45 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta06:456:45 AM–07:387:38 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya08:578:57 AM–10:3210:32 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla09:109:10 AM–10:4910:49 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:072:07 PM–15:453:45 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla05:525:52 AM–07:317:31 AMavoid
Śubha07:317:31 AM–09:109:10 AMgood
Roga09:109:10 AM–10:4910:49 AMavoid
Udvega10:4910:49 AM–12:2812:28 PMavoid
Cara12:2812:28 PM–14:072:07 PMneutral
Lābha14:072:07 PM–15:453:45 PMgood
Amṛta15:453:45 PM–17:245:24 PMgood
Kāla17:245:24 PM–19:037:03 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha19:037:03 PM–20:248:24 PMgood
Udvega20:248:24 PM–21:459:45 PMavoid
Śubha21:459:45 PM–23:0611:06 PMgood
Amṛta23:0611:06 PM–24:2712:27+1 AMgood
Cara24:2712:27+1 AM–25:481:48+1 AMneutral
Roga25:481:48+1 AM–27:093:09+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:093:09+1 AM–28:304:30+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:304:30+1 AM–29:515:51+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:525:52 AM to 29:515:51+1 AM

05:525:52 AM sunrise19:037:03 PM sunsetsunrise 29:515:51+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 14:352:35 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 27:193:19+1 AM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 27:043:04+1 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 14:352:35 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:182:18+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:109:10 AM–10:4910:49 AM
Abhijit 12:0112:01 PM–12:5412:54 PM
Pradoṣa 19:037:03 PM–20:308:30 PM
Niśītha 24:0312:03+1 AM–24:5112:51+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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4910:49 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5412:54 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 11 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:308:30 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5112:51+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  11. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī14:352:35 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā27:19 03:193:19 AM SunĀrdrā
YogaŚobhana27:04 03:043:04 AM SunAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava14:352:35 PMKaulava
VāraŚanivāra29:51 05:515:51 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 871 948
Day length
13 h 11 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:348:34 AM
Moonset
24:4112:41+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:254:25 AM05:525:52 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:254:25 AM05:095:09 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:474:47 AM05:525:52 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:525:52 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day05:525:52 AM07:317:31 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta05:525:52 AM06:456:45 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:456:45 AM07:387:38 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM11:0911:09 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:578:57 AM10:3210:32 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:109:10 AM10:4910:49 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0112:01 PM12:5412:54 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0412:04 PM12:5212:52 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:471:47 PM16:254:25 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:072:07 PM15:453:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:392:39 PM15:323:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:254:25 PM19:037:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:326:32 PM20:088:08 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:037:03 PM20:308:30 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:037:03 PM19:257:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:037:03 PM20:088:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0312:03+1 AM24:5112:51+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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