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March 2018 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Thursday 22 March 2018 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 12:5912:59 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:2211:22 AM.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

Pañcamī covers 5 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:365:36 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:318:31 AM

Viṣkambha gives way to Prīti.

Noon

11:4111:41 AM

The Sun 65° above S. Day length 12 h 09 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4111:41 AM
At noon, 11:4111:41 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 60° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 25% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 60° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:024:02 AM–04:494:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:254:25 AM–05:365:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1711:17 AM–12:0512:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:161:16 PM–14:492:49 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:431:43 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:465:46 PM–18:096:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:465:46 PM–18:576:57 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:365:36 AM–07:087:08 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika08:398:39 AM–10:1010:10 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:399:39 AM–10:2810:28 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:121:12 PM–14:432:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:312:31 PM–15:203:20 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

Śubha05:365:36 AM–07:087:08 AMgood
Roga07:087:08 AM–08:398:39 AMavoid
Udvega08:398:39 AM–10:1010:10 AMavoid
Cara10:1010:10 AM–11:4111:41 AMneutral
Lābha11:4111:41 AM–13:121:12 PMgood
Amṛta13:121:12 PM–14:432:43 PMgood
Kāla14:432:43 PM–16:144:14 PMavoid
Śubha16:144:14 PM–17:465:46 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:465:46 PM–19:147:14 PMgood
Cara19:147:14 PM–20:438:43 PMneutral
Roga20:438:43 PM–22:1210:12 PMavoid
Kāla22:1210:12 PM–23:4011:40 PMavoid
Lābha23:4011:40 PM–25:091:09 AM+1good
Udvega25:091:09 AM+1–26:382:38 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:382:38 AM+1–28:074:07 AM+1good
Amṛta28:074:07 AM+1–29:355:35 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:365:36 AM to 29:355:35 AM+1

05:365:36 AM sunrise17:465:46 PM sunsetsunrise 29:355:35 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 11:2211:22 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 15:353:35 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 08:318:31 AM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 11:2211:22 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:2910:29 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1711:17 AM–12:0512:05 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:121:12 PM–14:432:43 PM
Pradoṣa 17:465:46 PM–19:207:20 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04 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.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0512:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:432:43 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  7. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 12 h 09 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:207:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī11:2211:22 AMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraKṛttikā15:353:35 PMRohiṇī
YogaViṣkambha08:318:31 AMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava11:2211:22 AMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra29:35 05:355:35 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 869 734
Day length
12 h 09 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
09:049:04 AM
Moonset
22:3310:33 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:024:02 AM05:365:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:024:02 AM04:494:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:254:25 AM05:365:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:365:36 AM08:028:02 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day05:365:36 AM07:087:08 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:028:02 AM10:2810:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:398:39 AM10:1010:10 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:399:39 AM10:2810:28 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5412:54 PM15:203:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:121:12 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:161:16 PM14:492:49 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:431:43 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:312:31 PM15:203:20 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:203:20 PM17:465:46 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:465:46 PM19:207:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:465:46 PM18:096:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:465:46 PM18:576:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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