Friday 14 September 2018 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 12:2212:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5411:54 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:205:20 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5411:54 AM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 12 h 20 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
05:205:20 AM to 29:205:20 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 | 11:5411:54 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 22:5710:57 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 20:568:56 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:5411:54 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:20 05:205:20 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:463:46 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:463:46 AM | 04:334:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:104:10 AM | 05:205:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:205:20 AM | 07:477:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:526:52 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:477:47 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:477:47 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:331:33 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:571:57 PM | 15:353:35 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:342:34 PM | 16:074:07 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:026:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:113:11 AM+1 | 28:524:52 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |