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Thursday 22 March 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 14:292:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:5212:52 PM.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:555:55 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0110:01 AM

Viṣkambha gives way to Prīti.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 11 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 60° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 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 muhūrta04:204:20 AM–05:085:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:444:44 AM–05:555:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3611:36 AM–12:2512:25 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:022:02 PM–14:512:51 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:462:46 PM–16:194:19 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:066:06 PM–18:306:30 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:066:06 PM–19:177:17 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:555:55 AM–07:267:26 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika08:588:58 AM–10:2910:29 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:599:59 AM–10:4710:47 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:321:32 PM–15:033:03 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:512:51 PM–15:403:40 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

Śubha05:555:55 AM–07:267:26 AMgood
Roga07:267:26 AM–08:588:58 AMavoid
Udvega08:588:58 AM–10:2910:29 AMavoid
Cara10:2910:29 AM–12:0112:01 PMneutral
Lābha12:0112:01 PM–13:321:32 PMgood
Amṛta13:321:32 PM–15:033:03 PMgood
Kāla15:033:03 PM–16:354:35 PMavoid
Śubha16:354:35 PM–18:066:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:066:06 PM–19:347:34 PMgood
Cara19:347:34 PM–21:039:03 PMneutral
Roga21:039:03 PM–22:3110:31 PMavoid
Kāla22:3110:31 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:0012:00 AM+1–25:281:28 AM+1good
Udvega25:281:28 AM+1–26:572:57 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:572:57 AM+1–28:254:25 AM+1good
Amṛta28:254:25 AM+1–29:545:54 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:555:55 AM to 29:545:54 AM+1

05:555:55 AM sunrise18:066:06 PM sunsetsunrise 29:545:54 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 12:5212:52 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 17:055:05 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 10:0110:01 AM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:5212:52 PM
Kaulavauntil 23:5911:59 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3611:36 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:321:32 PM–15:033:03 PM
Pradoṣa 18:066:06 PM–19:407:40 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2512:25 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:033:03 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  7. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 12 h 11 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:407:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī12:5212:52 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraKṛttikā17:055:05 PMRohiṇī
YogaViṣkambha10:0110:01 AMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava12:5212:52 PMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra29:54 05:545:54 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 869 734
Day length
12 h 11 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
09:089:08 AM
Moonset
23:0511:05 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:204:20 AM05:555:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:204:20 AM05:085:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:444:44 AM05:555:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:555:55 AM08:218:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day05:555:55 AM07:267:26 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:218:21 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:2910:29 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:599:59 AM10:4710:47 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3611:36 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:141:14 PM15:403:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:321:32 PM15:033:03 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:022:02 PM14:512:51 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:462:46 PM16:194:19 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:512:51 PM15:403:40 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:403:40 PM18:066:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:066:06 PM19:407:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:066:06 PM18:306:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:066:06 PM19:177:17 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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