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Monday 16 April 2040 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 20:158:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2510:25 PM.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:105:10 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:179:17 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:3411:34 AM

The Sun 75° above S. Day length 12 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3411:34 AM
At noon, 11:3411:34 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 55° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:413:41 AM–04:264:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:034:03 AM–05:105:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0811:08 AM–11:5911:59 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:575:57 PM–18:206:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:575:57 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:008:00 PM–21:489:48 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:466:46 AM–08:228:22 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:179:17 AM–11:0411:04 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:589:58 AM–11:3411:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5911:59 AM–12:5012:50 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:243:24 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

Amṛta05:105:10 AM–06:466:46 AMgood
Kāla06:466:46 AM–08:228:22 AMavoid
Śubha08:228:22 AM–09:589:58 AMgood
Roga09:589:58 AM–11:3411:34 AMavoid
Udvega11:3411:34 AM–13:101:10 PMavoid
Cara13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMneutral
Lābha14:452:45 PM–16:214:21 PMgood
Amṛta16:214:21 PM–17:575:57 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:575:57 PM–19:217:21 PMneutral
Roga19:217:21 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Kāla20:458:45 PM–22:0910:09 PMavoid
Lābha22:0910:09 PM–23:3311:33 PMgood
Udvega23:3311:33 PM–24:5712:57 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5712:57 AM+1–26:212:21 AM+1good
Amṛta26:212:21 AM+1–27:453:45 AM+1good
Cara27:453:45 AM+1–29:105:10 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:105:10 AM to 29:105:10 AM+1

05:105:10 AM sunrise17:575:57 PM sunsetsunrise 29:105:10 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 22:2510:25 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 23:4111:41 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:179:17 AM
Bālavauntil 22:2510:25 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:466:46 AM–08:228:22 AM
Abhijit 11:0811:08 AM–11:5911:59 AM
Pradoṣa 17:575:57 PM–19:277:27 PM
Niśītha 23:0911:09 PM–23:5711:57 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:228:22 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 11:5911:59 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 47 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:277:27 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 23:5711:57 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī22:2510:25 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirāpast sunriseĀrdrā
YogaŚobhana23:4111:41 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava09:179:17 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra29:10 05:105:10 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2097
Śaka
1962
Kali
5141
Ahargaṇa
1 877 795
Day length
12 h 47 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:248:24 AM
Moonset
22:3010:30 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:413:41 AM05:105:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:413:41 AM04:264:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:034:03 AM05:105:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:105:10 AM07:447:44 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:466:46 AM08:228:22 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:447:44 AM10:1710:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:179:17 AM11:0411:04 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:589:58 AM11:3411:34 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0811:08 AM11:5911:59 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1011:10 AM11:5811:58 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5911:59 AM12:5012:50 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM15:243:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:101:10 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:332:33 PM15:243:24 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:243:24 PM17:575:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:575:57 PM19:277:27 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:575:57 PM18:206:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:575:57 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:008:00 PM21:489:48 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:0911:09 PM23:5711:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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