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Saturday 23 December 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Śanivāra. Pañcamī began at 21:239:23 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:2511:25 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:576:57 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:2710:27 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5211:52 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5211:52 AM
At noon, 11:5211:52 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 muhūrta05:045:04 AM–06:016:01 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:325:32 AM–06:576:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:139:13 AM–10:5910:59 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:3311:33 AM–12:1212:12 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:311:31 PM–14:102:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:474:47 PM–17:165:16 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:474:47 PM–18:126:12 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:576:57 AM–08:118:11 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:576:57 AM–07:377:37 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:377:37 AM–08:168:16 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:259:25 AM–10:3910:39 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:061:06 PM–14:202:20 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya28:324:32 AM+1–30:166:16 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

Kāla06:576:57 AM–08:118:11 AMavoid
Śubha08:118:11 AM–09:259:25 AMgood
Roga09:259:25 AM–10:3910:39 AMavoid
Udvega10:3910:39 AM–11:5211:52 AMavoid
Cara11:5211:52 AM–13:061:06 PMneutral
Lābha13:061:06 PM–14:202:20 PMgood
Amṛta14:202:20 PM–15:343:34 PMgood
Kāla15:343:34 PM–16:474:47 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:474:47 PM–18:346:34 PMgood
Udvega18:346:34 PM–20:208:20 PMavoid
Śubha20:208:20 PM–22:0610:06 PMgood
Amṛta22:0610:06 PM–23:5311:53 PMgood
Cara23:5311:53 PM–25:391:39 AM+1neutral
Roga25:391:39 AM+1–27:253:25 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:253:25 AM+1–29:125:12 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:125:12 AM+1–30:586:58 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:576:57 AM to 30:586:58 AM+1

06:576:57 AM sunrise16:474:47 PM sunsetsunrise 30:586:58 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 23:2511:25 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 20:438:43 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 30:326:32 AM+1
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:2710:27 AM
Bālavauntil 23:2511:25 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:259:25 AM–10:3910:39 AM
Abhijit 11:3311:33 AM–12:1212:12 PM
Pradoṣa 16:474:47 PM–18:416:41 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:3910:39 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1212:12 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 50 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:416:41 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  8. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī23:2511:25 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā20:438:43 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaVajra30:32 06:326:32 AM SunSiddhi
KaraṇaBava10:2710:27 AMBālava
VāraŚanivāra30:58 06:586:58 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 645
Day length
9 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:1910:19 AM
Moonset
21:219:21 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:045:04 AM06:576:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:045:04 AM06:016:01 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:325:32 AM06:576:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:576:57 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:576:57 AM08:118:11 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:576:57 AM07:377:37 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:377:37 AM08:168:16 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM10:5310:53 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:139:13 AM10:5910:59 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:259:25 AM10:3910:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2811:28 AM12:1612:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3311:33 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:492:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:061:06 PM14:202:20 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:311:31 PM14:102:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:492:49 PM16:474:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:474:47 PM18:416:41 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:474:47 PM17:165:16 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:474:47 PM18:126:12 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:324:32 AM+130:166:16 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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