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Thursday 14 January 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 23:0511:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:019:01 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:007:00 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0410:04 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 04 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 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 muhūrta05:095:09 AM–06:056:05 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:375:37 AM–07:007:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4211:42 AM–12:2212:22 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:431:43 PM–14:232:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:045:04 PM–17:325:32 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:045:04 PM–18:286:28 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:237:23 PM–20:538:53 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:007:00 AM–08:168:16 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:319:31 AM–10:4710:47 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:2010:20 AM–11:5111:51 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta10:2210:22 AM–11:0211:02 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:181:18 PM–14:332:33 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:232:23 PM–15:033:03 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

Śubha07:007:00 AM–08:168:16 AMgood
Roga08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Udvega09:319:31 AM–10:4710:47 AMavoid
Cara10:4710:47 AM–12:0212:02 PMneutral
Lābha12:0212:02 PM–13:181:18 PMgood
Amṛta13:181:18 PM–14:332:33 PMgood
Kāla14:332:33 PM–15:493:49 PMavoid
Śubha15:493:49 PM–17:045:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:045:04 PM–18:496:49 PMgood
Cara18:496:49 PM–20:338:33 PMneutral
Roga20:338:33 PM–22:1810:18 PMavoid
Kāla22:1810:18 PM–24:0212:02+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:0212:02+1 AM–25:471:47+1 AMgood
Udvega25:471:47+1 AM–27:313:31+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:313:31+1 AM–29:165:16+1 AMgood
Amṛta29:165:16+1 AM–31:007:00+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:007:00 AM to 31:007:00+1 AM

07:007:00 AM sunrise17:045:04 PM sunsetsunrise 31:007:00+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 21:019:01 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 26:552:55+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 21:299:29 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:0410:04 AM
Bālavauntil 21:019:01 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4211:42 AM–12:2212:22 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:181:18 PM–14:332:33 PM
Pradoṣa 17:045:04 PM–18:566:56 PM
Niśītha 23:3811:38 PM–24:2612:26+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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2212:22 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:332:33 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 04 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:566:56 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2612:26+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī21:019:01 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā26:55 02:552:55 AM FriUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān21:299:29 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava10:0410:04 AMBālava
VāraGuruvāra31:00 07:007:00 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 936
Day length
10 h 04 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:489:48 AM
Moonset
21:509:50 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:095:09 AM07:007:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:095:09 AM06:056:05 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:375:37 AM07:007:00 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:007:00 AM09:019:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:007:00 AM08:168:16 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:019:01 AM11:0211:02 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:319:31 AM10:4710:47 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:2010:20 AM11:5111:51 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2210:22 AM11:0211:02 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4211:42 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:031:03 PM15:033:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:181:18 PM14:332:33 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:431:43 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:232:23 PM15:033:03 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:033:03 PM17:045:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:045:04 PM18:566:56 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:045:04 PM17:325:32 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:045:04 PM18:286:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:237:23 PM20:538:53 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3811:38 PM24:2612:26+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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