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Wednesday 19 December 2001 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 20:308:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4110:41 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

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

At sunrise

05:585:58 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:339:33 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 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 muhūrta04:204:20 AM–05:095:09 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:444:44 AM–05:585:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:471:47 PM–14:342:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:413:41 PM–17:285:28 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:425:42 PM–18:066:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:425:42 PM–18:556:55 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:267:26 AM–08:548:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2210:22 AM–11:5011:50 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2611:26 AM–12:1312:13 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5011:50 AM–13:181:18 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

Lābha05:585:58 AM–07:267:26 AMgood
Amṛta07:267:26 AM–08:548:54 AMgood
Kāla08:548:54 AM–10:2210:22 AMavoid
Śubha10:2210:22 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Roga11:5011:50 AM–13:181:18 PMavoid
Udvega13:181:18 PM–14:462:46 PMavoid
Cara14:462:46 PM–16:144:14 PMneutral
Lābha16:144:14 PM–17:425:42 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:425:42 PM–19:147:14 PMavoid
Śubha19:147:14 PM–20:468:46 PMgood
Amṛta20:468:46 PM–22:1810:18 PMgood
Cara22:1810:18 PM–23:5011:50 PMneutral
Roga23:5011:50 PM–25:221:22+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:221:22+1 AM–26:542:54+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:542:54+1 AM–28:274:27+1 AMgood
Udvega28:274:27+1 AM–29:595:59+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:585:58 AM to 29:595:59+1 AM

05:585:58 AM sunrise17:425:42 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 22:4110:41 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 27:153:15+1 AM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 18:466:46 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:339:33 AM
Bālavauntil 22:4110:41 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5011:50 AM–13:181:18 PM
Pradoṣa 17:425:42 PM–19:207:20 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14+1 AM

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. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:181:18 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:207:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī22:4110:41 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā27:15 03:153:15 AM ThuŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa18:466:46 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava09:339:33 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra29:59 05:595:59 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 797
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
09:539:53 AM
Moonset
21:559:55 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:204:20 AM05:585:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:204:20 AM05:095:09 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:444:44 AM05:585:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:585:58 AM08:198:19 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:267:26 AM08:548:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:198:19 AM10:4010:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2210:22 AM11:5011:50 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:1312:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM13:181:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:001:00 PM15:213:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:471:47 PM14:342:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:213:21 PM17:425:42 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:413:41 PM17:285:28 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:425:42 PM19:207:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:425:42 PM18:066:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:425:42 PM18:556:55 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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