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Monday 15 January 2024 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 02:302:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4711:47 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

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

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

06:226:22 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:061:06 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

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 53° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 53° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:354:35 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:025:02 AM–06:226:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2211:22 AM–12:0512:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • 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 kāla20:198:19 PM–21:479:47 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:3011:30 AM–12:5812:58 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta12:0512:05 PM–12:4712:47 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:041:04 PM–14:242:24 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:132:13 PM–14:562:56 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

Amṛta06:226:22 AM–07:427:42 AMgood
Kāla07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMavoid
Śubha09:029:02 AM–10:2310:23 AMgood
Roga10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AMavoid
Udvega11:4311:43 AM–13:041:04 PMavoid
Cara13:041:04 PM–14:242:24 PMneutral
Lābha14:242:24 PM–15:443:44 PMgood
Amṛta15:443:44 PM–17:055:05 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:055:05 PM–18:446:44 PMneutral
Roga18:446:44 PM–20:248:24 PMavoid
Kāla20:248:24 PM–22:0410:04 PMavoid
Lābha22:0410:04 PM–23:4311:43 PMgood
Udvega23:4311:43 PM–25:231:23 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:231:23 AM+1–27:023:02 AM+1good
Amṛta27:023:02 AM+1–28:424:42 AM+1good
Cara28:424:42 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1neutral

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
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 23:4711:47 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 27:403:40 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 20:418:41 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:061:06 PM
Bālavauntil 23:4711:47 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AM
Abhijit 11:2211:22 AM–12:0512:05 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:029:02 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0512:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 43 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:516:51 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0712:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī23:4711:47 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā27:40 03:403:40 AM TueUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān20:418:41 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava13:061:06 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:21 06:216:21 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 859
Day length
10 h 43 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:299:29 AM
Moonset
21:259:25 PM

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
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:427:42 AM09:029:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM10:3910:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2310:23 AM11:4311:43 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2211:22 AM12:0512:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:3011:30 AM12:5812:58 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0512:05 PM12:4712:47 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4712:47 PM14:562:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:041:04 PM14:242:24 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:132:13 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:132:13 PM14:562:56 PM12th 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 nakṣatra20:198:19 PM21:479:47 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1911:19 PM24:0712:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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