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Friday 20 April 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Vaiśākha Śukla Pañcamī

Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 22:0810:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:467:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śaṅkara Jayantī

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

At sunrise

05:165:16 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:578:57 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5211:52 AM

The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5211:52 AM
At noon, 11:5211:52 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 56° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 22% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 56° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:503:50 AM–04:334:33 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:124:12 AM–05:165:16 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:1912:19 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:0212:02 PM–13:321:32 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:052:05 PM–14:572:57 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:296:29 PM–18:506:50 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:296:29 PM–19:337:33 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:556:55 AM–08:348:34 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:557:55 AM–08:488:48 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:1410:14 AM–11:5311:53 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1912:19 PM–13:121:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:113:11 PM–16:504:50 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya28:064:06 AM+1–29:365:36 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

Cara05:165:16 AM–06:556:55 AMneutral
Lābha06:556:55 AM–08:348:34 AMgood
Amṛta08:348:34 AM–10:1410:14 AMgood
Kāla10:1410:14 AM–11:5311:53 AMavoid
Śubha11:5311:53 AM–13:321:32 PMgood
Roga13:321:32 PM–15:113:11 PMavoid
Udvega15:113:11 PM–16:504:50 PMavoid
Cara16:504:50 PM–18:296:29 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:296:29 PM–19:497:49 PMavoid
Kāla19:497:49 PM–21:109:10 PMavoid
Lābha21:109:10 PM–22:3110:31 PMgood
Udvega22:3110:31 PM–23:5211:52 PMavoid
Śubha23:5211:52 PM–25:131:13 AM+1good
Amṛta25:131:13 AM+1–26:342:34 AM+1good
Cara26:342:34 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1neutral
Roga27:543:54 AM+1–29:155:15 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:165:16 AM to 29:155:15 AM+1

05:165:16 AM sunrise18:296:29 PM sunsetsunrise 29:155:15 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 19:467:46 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 20:158:15 PM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 10:1110:11 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:578:57 AM
Bālavauntil 19:467:46 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:1410:14 AM–11:5311:53 AM
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:1912:19 PM
Pradoṣa 18:296:29 PM–19:557:55 PM
Niśītha 23:2811:28 PM–24:1612:16 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:5311:53 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:1912:19 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 12 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:557:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1612:16 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī19:467:46 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā20:158:15 PMĀrdrā
YogaŚobhana10:1110:11 AMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava08:578:57 AMBālava
VāraŚukravāra29:15 05:155:15 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 869 763
Day length
13 h 12 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:408:40 AM
Moonset
23:0511:05 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:503:50 AM05:165:16 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:503:50 AM04:334:33 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:124:12 AM05:165:16 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:165:16 AM07:557:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:556:55 AM08:348:34 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:557:55 AM10:3310:33 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:557:55 AM08:488:48 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:1410:14 AM11:5311:53 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:1912:19 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0212:02 PM13:321:32 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1912:19 PM13:121:12 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:503:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:052:05 PM14:572:57 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:113:11 PM16:504:50 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:503:50 PM18:296:29 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:296:29 PM19:557:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:296:29 PM18:506:50 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:296:29 PM19:337:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2811:28 PM24:1612:16 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:064:06 AM+129:365:36 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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