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Monday 15 April 2013 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 19:057:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:369:36 PM.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

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

At sunrise

05:125:12 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:198:19 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:3411:34 AM

The Sun 75° above S. Day length 12 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3411:34 AM
At noon, 11:3411:34 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 22% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 55° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:423:42 AM–04:274:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:044:04 AM–05:125:12 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0911:09 AM–12:0012:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:322:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:565:56 PM–18:196:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:565:56 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:219:21 PM–23:0911:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:476:47 AM–08:238:23 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:589:58 AM–11:3411:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:3110:31 AM–12:2012:20 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta12:0012:00 PM–12:5112:51 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:322:32 PM–15:233:23 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

Amṛta05:125:12 AM–06:476:47 AMgood
Kāla06:476:47 AM–08:238:23 AMavoid
Śubha08:238:23 AM–09:589:58 AMgood
Roga09:589:58 AM–11:3411:34 AMavoid
Udvega11:3411:34 AM–13:101:10 PMavoid
Cara13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMneutral
Lābha14:452:45 PM–16:214:21 PMgood
Amṛta16:214:21 PM–17:565:56 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:565:56 PM–19:217:21 PMneutral
Roga19:217:21 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Kāla20:458:45 PM–22:0910:09 PMavoid
Lābha22:0910:09 PM–23:3411:34 PMgood
Udvega23:3411:34 PM–24:5812:58 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5812:58 AM+1–26:222:22 AM+1good
Amṛta26:222:22 AM+1–27:473:47 AM+1good
Cara27:473:47 AM+1–29:115:11 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:125:12 AM to 29:115:11 AM+1

05:125:12 AM sunrise17:565:56 PM sunsetsunrise 29:115:11 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 21:369:36 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 26:582:58 AM+1
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:198:19 AM
Bālavauntil 21:369:36 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:476:47 AM–08:238:23 AM
Abhijit 11:0911:09 AM–12:0012:00 PM
Pradoṣa 17:565:56 PM–19:267:26 PM
Niśītha 23:1011:10 PM–23:5811:58 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 08:238:23 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0012:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 45 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:267:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 23:5811:58 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī21:369:36 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirāpast sunriseĀrdrā
YogaŚobhana26:58 02:582:58 AM TueAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava08:198:19 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra29:11 05:115:11 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2070
Śaka
1935
Kali
5114
Ahargaṇa
1 867 932
Day length
12 h 45 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:378:37 AM
Moonset
22:2010:20 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:423:42 AM05:125:12 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:423:42 AM04:274:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:044:04 AM05:125:12 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:125:12 AM07:457:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:476:47 AM08:238:23 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:457:45 AM10:1810:18 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:589:58 AM11:3411:34 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:3110:31 AM12:2012:20 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0911:09 AM12:0012:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1011:10 AM11:5811:58 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0012:00 PM12:5112:51 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM15:233:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:101:10 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:322:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:322:32 PM15:233:23 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:233:23 PM17:565:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:565:56 PM19:267:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:565:56 PM18:196:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:565:56 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:219:21 PM23:0911:09 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1011:10 PM23:5811:58 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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