Friday 10 December 2010 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 14:182:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:024:02 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:261:26 PM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 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
05:535:53 AM to 29:545:54 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | 16:024:02 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 13:261:26 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 23:2711:27 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 16:024:02 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:54 05:545:54 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:404:40 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:217:21 AM | 08:498:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:148:14 AM | 09:019:01 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1710:17 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:412:41 PM | 16:094:09 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:173:17 PM | 17:375:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:375:37 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:375:37 PM | 18:026:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:375:37 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:525:52 PM | 19:387:38 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:314:31 AM+1 | 30:176:17 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |