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Wednesday 14 December 2072 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 01:361:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:273:27 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:427:42 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:272:27 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 20 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 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 muhūrta05:445:44 AM–06:436:43 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:146:14 AM–07:427:42 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:551:55 PM–14:322:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:025:02 PM–17:315:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:025:02 PM–18:306:30 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:528:52 AM–10:0210:02 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:1211:12 AM–12:2212:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0312:03 PM–12:4012:40 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:2212:22 PM–13:321:32 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:049:04 PM–22:5010:50 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha07:427:42 AM–08:528:52 AMgood
Amṛta08:528:52 AM–10:0210:02 AMgood
Kāla10:0210:02 AM–11:1211:12 AMavoid
Śubha11:1211:12 AM–12:2212:22 PMgood
Roga12:2212:22 PM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Udvega13:321:32 PM–14:422:42 PMavoid
Cara14:422:42 PM–15:523:52 PMneutral
Lābha15:523:52 PM–17:025:02 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:025:02 PM–18:526:52 PMavoid
Śubha18:526:52 PM–20:428:42 PMgood
Amṛta20:428:42 PM–22:3210:32 PMgood
Cara22:3210:32 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1neutral
Roga24:2212:22 AM+1–26:122:12 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:122:12 AM+1–28:024:02 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:024:02 AM+1–29:525:52 AM+1good
Udvega29:525:52 AM+1–31:427:42 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:427:42 AM to 31:427:42 AM+1

07:427:42 AM sunrise17:025:02 PM sunsetsunrise 31:427:42 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 27:273:27 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 16:374:37 PM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 19:417:41 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:272:27 PM
Bālavauntil 27:273:27 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:2212:22 PM–13:321:32 PM
Pradoṣa 17:025:02 PM–18:596:59 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46 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.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:321:32 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 20 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:596:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī27:27 03:273:27 AM ThuṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa16:374:37 PMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVyāghāta19:417:41 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBava14:272:27 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:42 07:427:42 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2129
Śaka
1994
Kali
5173
Ahargaṇa
1 889 725
Day length
9 h 20 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:5510:55 AM
Moonset
21:339:33 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:445:44 AM07:427:42 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:445:44 AM06:436:43 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:146:14 AM07:427:42 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:427:42 AM09:349:34 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:528:52 AM10:0210:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:349:34 AM11:2611:26 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:1211:12 AM12:2212:22 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0312:03 PM12:4012:40 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:2212:22 PM13:321:32 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:181:18 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:551:55 PM14:322:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:103:10 PM17:025:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:025:02 PM18:596:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:025:02 PM17:315:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:025:02 PM18:306:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:049:04 PM22:5010:50 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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