Friday 28 November 2003 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 12:3412:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:2410:24 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:267:26 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:2211:22 AM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 43 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
06:006:00 AM to 30:016:01 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 | Śukla Pañcamī | 10:2410:24 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 07:267:26 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 15:333:33 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:2410:24 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:01 06:016:01 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:404:40 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:207:20 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:098:09 AM | 08:528:52 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:5012:50 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:091:09 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:022:02 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:342:34 PM | 16:434:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:434:43 PM | 18:296:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:434:43 PM | 17:105:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:434:43 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:338:33 PM | 22:0510:05 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5810:58 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |