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December 2009 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Śukla to Pauṣa ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 21 December 2009 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 00:3212:32 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:163:16 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:156:15 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:551:55 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:3211:32 AM

The Sun 41° above S. Day length 10 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3211:32 AM
At noon, 11:3211:32 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 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 muhūrta04:284:28 AM–05:215:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:554:55 AM–06:156:15 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1111:11 AM–11:5311:53 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:181:18 PM–14:002:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:184:18 PM–18:066:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:494:49 PM–17:165:16 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:494:49 PM–18:096:09 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:347:34 AM–08:548:54 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1310:13 AM–11:3211:32 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5311:53 AM–12:3512:35 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika12:5112:51 PM–14:102:10 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:002:00 PM–14:422:42 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

Amṛta06:156:15 AM–07:347:34 AMgood
Kāla07:347:34 AM–08:548:54 AMavoid
Śubha08:548:54 AM–10:1310:13 AMgood
Roga10:1310:13 AM–11:3211:32 AMavoid
Udvega11:3211:32 AM–12:5112:51 PMavoid
Cara12:5112:51 PM–14:102:10 PMneutral
Lābha14:102:10 PM–15:293:29 PMgood
Amṛta15:293:29 PM–16:494:49 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:494:49 PM–18:306:30 PMneutral
Roga18:306:30 PM–20:108:10 PMavoid
Kāla20:108:10 PM–21:519:51 PMavoid
Lābha21:519:51 PM–23:3211:32 PMgood
Udvega23:3211:32 PM–25:131:13 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:131:13 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1good
Amṛta26:542:54 AM+1–28:354:35 AM+1good
Cara28:354:35 AM+1–30:166:16 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:156:15 AM to 30:166:16 AM+1

06:156:15 AM sunrise16:494:49 PM sunsetsunrise 30:166:16 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 27:163:16 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 28:034:03 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 16:154:15 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:551:55 PM
Bālavauntil 27:163:16 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:347:34 AM–08:548:54 AM
Abhijit 11:1111:11 AM–11:5311:53 AM
Pradoṣa 16:494:49 PM–18:366:36 PM
Niśītha 23:0811:08 PM–23:5611:56 PM

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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:548:54 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 11:5311:53 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 33 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:366:36 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 23:5611:56 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī27:16 03:163:16 AM TueṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā28:03 04:034:03 AM TueŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa16:154:15 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava13:551:55 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:16 06:166:16 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 721
Day length
10 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
09:319:31 AM
Moonset
21:069:06 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:284:28 AM06:156:15 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:284:28 AM05:215:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:554:55 AM06:156:15 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:156:15 AM08:228:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:347:34 AM08:548:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:228:22 AM10:2910:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1310:13 AM11:3211:32 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:0811:08 AM11:5611:56 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1111:11 AM11:5311:53 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5311:53 AM12:3512:35 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3512:35 PM14:422:42 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5112:51 PM14:102:10 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:181:18 PM14:002:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:002:00 PM14:422:42 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:422:42 PM16:494:49 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:184:18 PM18:066:06 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:494:49 PM18:366:36 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:494:49 PM17:165:16 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:494:49 PM18:096:09 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:0811:08 PM23:5611:56 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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