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Wednesday 15 January 2020 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 12:2012:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 09:419:41 AM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:226:22 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:419:41 AM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

11:4311:43 AM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4311:43 AM
At noon, 11:4311:43 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 241° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 74% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 241° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:354:35 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:025:02 AM–06:226:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:301:30 PM–14:132:13 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:055:05 PM–17:315:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:055:05 PM–18:246:24 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:586:58 PM–20:268:26 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:0610:06 AM–11:3411:34 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2211:22 AM–12:0512:05 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4311:43 AM–13:041:04 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha06:226:22 AM–07:427:42 AMgood
Amṛta07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMgood
Kāla09:029:02 AM–10:2310:23 AMavoid
Śubha10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AMgood
Roga11:4311:43 AM–13:041:04 PMavoid
Udvega13:041:04 PM–14:242:24 PMavoid
Cara14:242:24 PM–15:443:44 PMneutral
Lābha15:443:44 PM–17:055:05 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:055:05 PM–18:446:44 PMavoid
Śubha18:446:44 PM–20:248:24 PMgood
Amṛta20:248:24 PM–22:0410:04 PMgood
Cara22:0410:04 PM–23:4311:43 PMneutral
Roga23:4311:43 PM–25:231:23 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:231:23 AM+1–27:023:02 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:023:02 AM+1–28:424:42 AM+1good
Udvega28:424:42 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:226:22 AM to 30:216:21 AM+1

06:226:22 AM sunrise17:055:05 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 09:419:41 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 25:371:37 AM+1
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 18:426:42 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 09:419:41 AM
Garauntil 20:258:25 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4311:43 AM–13:041:04 PM
Pradoṣa 17:055:05 PM–18:516:51 PM
Niśītha 23:1911:19 PM–24:0712:07 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:041:04 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 43 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:516:51 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  8. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0712:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pañcamī09:419:41 AMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī25:37 01:371:37 AM ThuHasta
YogaŚobhana18:426:42 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaTaitila09:419:41 AMGara
VāraBudhavāra30:21 06:216:21 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2076
Śaka
1941
Kali
5120
Ahargaṇa
1 870 398
Day length
10 h 43 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
22:0510:05 PM
Moonset
09:579:57 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:354:35 AM06:226:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:354:35 AM05:285:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:025:02 AM06:226:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:226:22 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:427:42 AM09:029:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM10:3910:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:0610:06 AM11:3411:34 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2310:23 AM11:4311:43 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2211:22 AM12:0512:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4311:43 AM13:041:04 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4712:47 PM14:562:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:132:13 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:562:56 PM17:055:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:055:05 PM18:516:51 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:055:05 PM17:315:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:055:05 PM18:246:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:586:58 PM20:268:26 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1911:19 PM24:0712:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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