Wednesday 20 January 2010 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 20:458:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5410:54 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasanta Pañcamī determinate
At sunrise
06:216:21 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:539:53 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 48 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
06:216:21 AM to 30:216:21 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 | 22:5410:54 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 16:194:19 PM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 22:5710:57 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 09:539:53 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:354:35 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:354:35 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:025:02 AM | 06:216:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:216:21 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:257:25 AM | 09:129:12 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:427:42 AM | 09:039:03 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4511:45 AM | 13:061:06 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:331:33 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:592:59 PM | 17:095:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:095:09 PM | 18:546:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:095:09 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:095:09 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:502:50 AM+1 | 28:354:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |