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Tuesday 28 April 2020 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Vaiśākha Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 12:0012:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3812:38 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śaṅkara Jayantī

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

At sunrise

05:005:00 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:3812:38 PM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

11:3111:31 AM

The Sun 79° above S. Day length 13 h 03 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3111:31 AM
At noon, 11:3111:31 AM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 59° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 25% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 59° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:323:32 AM–04:164:16 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:543:54 AM–05:005:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0511:05 AM–11:5811:58 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:3612:36 PM–14:172:17 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:342:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:036:03 PM–18:256:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:036:03 PM–19:087:08 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:466:46 AM–08:268:26 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta07:377:37 AM–08:298:29 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:168:16 AM–09:549:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3211:32 AM–13:091:09 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:472:47 PM–16:254:25 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2510:25 PM–23:0911:09 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

Roga05:005:00 AM–06:386:38 AMavoid
Udvega06:386:38 AM–08:168:16 AMavoid
Cara08:168:16 AM–09:549:54 AMneutral
Lābha09:549:54 AM–11:3211:32 AMgood
Amṛta11:3211:32 AM–13:091:09 PMgood
Kāla13:091:09 PM–14:472:47 PMavoid
Śubha14:472:47 PM–16:254:25 PMgood
Roga16:254:25 PM–18:036:03 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:036:03 PM–19:257:25 PMavoid
Lābha19:257:25 PM–20:478:47 PMgood
Udvega20:478:47 PM–22:0910:09 PMavoid
Śubha22:0910:09 PM–23:3111:31 PMgood
Amṛta23:3111:31 PM–24:5312:53 AM+1good
Cara24:5312:53 AM+1–26:152:15 AM+1neutral
Roga26:152:15 AM+1–27:373:37 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:373:37 AM+1–28:594:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:005:00 AM to 28:594:59 AM+1

05:005:00 AM sunrise18:036:03 PM sunsetsunrise 28:594:59 AM+1
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 12:3812:38 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 23:0311:03 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 20:258:25 PM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:3812:38 PM
Kaulavauntil 24:4512:45 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:0511:05 AM–11:5811:58 AM
Rāhu kāla 14:472:47 PM–16:254:25 PM
Pradoṣa 18:036:03 PM–19:307:30 PM
Niśītha 23:0711:07 PM–23:5511:55 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 11:5811:58 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:254:25 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 03 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:307:30 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  9. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 23:5511:55 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī12:3812:38 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraĀrdrā23:0311:03 PMPunarvasu
YogaSukarmā20:258:25 PMDhṛti
KaraṇaBālava12:3812:38 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra28:59 04:594:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2077
Śaka
1942
Kali
5121
Ahargaṇa
1 870 502
Day length
13 h 03 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
08:508:50 AM
Moonset
22:5310:53 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:323:32 AM05:005:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:323:32 AM04:164:16 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:543:54 AM05:005:00 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:005:00 AM07:377:37 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:466:46 AM08:268:26 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:377:37 AM10:1310:13 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:377:37 AM08:298:29 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:168:16 AM09:549:54 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0511:05 AM11:5811:58 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:0811:08 AM11:5611:56 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3211:32 AM13:091:09 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:3612:36 PM14:172:17 PMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM15:263:26 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:342:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:472:47 PM16:254:25 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:263:26 PM18:036:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:036:03 PM19:307:30 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:036:03 PM18:256:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:036:03 PM19:087:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2510:25 PM23:0911:09 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:0711:07 PM23:5511:55 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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