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Thursday 14 January 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 14:352:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3112:31 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

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

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

06:096:09 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:3112:31 PM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 60° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 25% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 60° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:314:31 AM–05:205:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:554:55 AM–06:096:09 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:5310:53 AM–12:2312:23 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:3811:38 AM–12:2512:25 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:591:59 PM–14:462:46 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:545:54 PM–18:196:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:545:54 PM–19:087:08 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:096:09 AM–07:377:37 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:059:05 AM–10:3310:33 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:0410:04 AM–10:5110:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:301:30 PM–14:582:58 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:462:46 PM–15:333:33 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya27:283:28 AM+1–28:594:59 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Śubha06:096:09 AM–07:377:37 AMgood
Roga07:377:37 AM–09:059:05 AMavoid
Udvega09:059:05 AM–10:3310:33 AMavoid
Cara10:3310:33 AM–12:0212:02 PMneutral
Lābha12:0212:02 PM–13:301:30 PMgood
Amṛta13:301:30 PM–14:582:58 PMgood
Kāla14:582:58 PM–16:264:26 PMavoid
Śubha16:264:26 PM–17:545:54 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:545:54 PM–19:267:26 PMgood
Cara19:267:26 PM–20:588:58 PMneutral
Roga20:588:58 PM–22:3010:30 PMavoid
Kāla22:3010:30 PM–24:0212:02 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:0212:02 AM+1–25:341:34 AM+1good
Udvega25:341:34 AM+1–27:053:05 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:053:05 AM+1–28:374:37 AM+1good
Amṛta28:374:37 AM+1–30:096:09 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:096:09 AM to 30:096:09 AM+1

06:096:09 AM sunrise17:545:54 PM sunsetsunrise 30:096:09 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 12:3112:31 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 18:256:25 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 12:5912:59 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:3112:31 PM
Kaulavauntil 23:2911:29 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3811:38 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:301:30 PM–14:582:58 PM
Pradoṣa 17:545:54 PM–19:327:32 PM
Niśītha 23:3811:38 PM–24:2612:26 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2512:25 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:582:58 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 46 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:327:32 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2612:26 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī12:3112:31 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā18:256:25 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān12:5912:59 PMParigha
KaraṇaBālava12:3112:31 PMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra30:09 06:096:09 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 936
Day length
11 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:549:54 AM
Moonset
22:1410:14 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:314:31 AM06:096:09 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:314:31 AM05:205:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:554:55 AM06:096:09 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:096:09 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:096:09 AM07:377:37 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:059:05 AM10:3310:33 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:0410:04 AM10:5110:51 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:5310:53 AM12:2312:23 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:333:33 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:301:30 PM14:582:58 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:591:59 PM14:462:46 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:462:46 PM15:333:33 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:333:33 PM17:545:54 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:545:54 PM19:327:32 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:545:54 PM18:196:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:545:54 PM19:087:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3811:38 PM24:2612:26 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:283:28 AM+128:594:59 AM+1sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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