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Tuesday 26 March 1985 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 01:191:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:413:41+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

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

At sunrise

05:325:32 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:332:33 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 67° above S. Day length 12 h 15 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 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 muhūrta03:583:58 AM–04:454:45 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:224:22 AM–05:325:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1511:15 AM–12:0412:04 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:475:47 PM–18:116:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:475:47 PM–18:586:58 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:407:40 PM–21:289:28 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta07:597:59 AM–08:488:48 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:368:36 AM–10:0810:08 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya08:548:54 AM–10:4210:42 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:4011:40 AM–13:121:12 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:442:44 PM–16:164:16 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2910:29 PM–23:1611:16 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

Roga05:325:32 AM–07:047:04 AMavoid
Udvega07:047:04 AM–08:368:36 AMavoid
Cara08:368:36 AM–10:0810:08 AMneutral
Lābha10:0810:08 AM–11:4011:40 AMgood
Amṛta11:4011:40 AM–13:121:12 PMgood
Kāla13:121:12 PM–14:442:44 PMavoid
Śubha14:442:44 PM–16:164:16 PMgood
Roga16:164:16 PM–17:475:47 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:475:47 PM–19:157:15 PMavoid
Lābha19:157:15 PM–20:438:43 PMgood
Udvega20:438:43 PM–22:1110:11 PMavoid
Śubha22:1110:11 PM–23:3911:39 PMgood
Amṛta23:3911:39 PM–25:071:07+1 AMgood
Cara25:071:07+1 AM–26:352:35+1 AMneutral
Roga26:352:35+1 AM–28:034:03+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:034:03+1 AM–29:315:31+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:325:32 AM to 29:315:31+1 AM

05:325:32 AM sunrise17:475:47 PM sunsetsunrise 29:315:31+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 27:413:41+1 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 22:2210:22 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:332:33 PM
Bālavauntil 27:413:41+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1511:15 AM–12:0412:04 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:442:44 PM–16:164:16 PM
Pradoṣa 17:475:47 PM–19:217:21 PM
Niśītha 23:1511:15 PM–24:0312:03+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:0412:04 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:164:16 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 15 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:217:21 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0312:03+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī27:41 03:413:41 AM WedṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraKṛttikā22:2210:22 PMRohiṇī
YogaPrītipast sunriseĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaBava14:332:33 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:31 05:315:31 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2042
Śaka
1907
Kali
5086
Ahargaṇa
1 857 685
Day length
12 h 15 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:188:18 AM
Moonset
22:0510:05 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:583:58 AM05:325:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:583:58 AM04:454:45 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:224:22 AM05:325:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:325:32 AM07:597:59 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:597:59 AM10:2610:26 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:597:59 AM08:488:48 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:368:36 AM10:0810:08 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:548:54 AM10:4210:42 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1511:15 AM12:0412:04 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4011:40 AM13:121:12 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5312:53 PM15:203:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:442:44 PM16:164:16 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:203:20 PM17:475:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:475:47 PM19:217:21 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:475:47 PM18:116:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:475:47 PM18:586:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:407:40 PM21:289:28 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2910:29 PM23:1611:16 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1511:15 PM24:0312:03+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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