Tuesday 2 December 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 23:2111:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:451:45+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3010:30 AM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
05:505:50 AM to 29:505:50+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | 25:45 01:451:45 AM Wed | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 10:4710:47 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 10:3010:30 AM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:3512:35 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:364:36 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:118:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:118:11 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:118:11 AM | 08:588:58 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:468:46 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:382:38 PM | 16:074:07 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:355:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:143:14 PM | 17:015:01 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:355:35 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:355:35 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:355:35 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2910:29 PM | 23:1811:18 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:541:54+1 AM | 27:413:41+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |