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Monday 15 January 2024 · Luanda, Angola

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 00:3012:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:479:47 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

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

At sunrise

05:595:59 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:0611:06 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:1612:16 PM

The Sun 78° above S. Day length 12 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonLuanda12:1612:16 PM
At noon, 12:1612:16 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 muhūrta04:284:28 AM–05:135:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:504:50 AM–05:595:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5111:51 AM–12:4112:41 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:222:22 PM–15:123:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla18:196:19 PM–19:477:47 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:346:34 PM–18:566:56 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:346:34 PM–19:427:42 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:337:33 AM–09:089:08 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:309:30 AM–10:5810:58 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4210:42 AM–12:1612:16 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4112:41 PM–13:321:32 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:511:51 PM–15:253:25 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:123:12 PM–16:034:03 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

Amṛta05:595:59 AM–07:337:33 AMgood
Kāla07:337:33 AM–09:089:08 AMavoid
Śubha09:089:08 AM–10:4210:42 AMgood
Roga10:4210:42 AM–12:1612:16 PMavoid
Udvega12:1612:16 PM–13:511:51 PMavoid
Cara13:511:51 PM–15:253:25 PMneutral
Lābha15:253:25 PM–16:594:59 PMgood
Amṛta16:594:59 PM–18:346:34 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:346:34 PM–19:597:59 PMneutral
Roga19:597:59 PM–21:259:25 PMavoid
Kāla21:259:25 PM–22:5110:51 PMavoid
Lābha22:5110:51 PM–24:1612:16+1 AMgood
Udvega24:1612:16+1 AM–25:421:42+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:421:42+1 AM–27:083:08+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:083:08+1 AM–28:344:34+1 AMgood
Cara28:344:34+1 AM–29:595:59+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:595:59 AM to 29:595:59+1 AM

05:595:59 AM sunrise18:346:34 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 21:479:47 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 25:401:40+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 18:416:41 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 11:0611:06 AM
Bālavauntil 21:479:47 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:337:33 AM–09:089:08 AM
Abhijit 11:5111:51 AM–12:4112:41 PM
Pradoṣa 18:346:34 PM–20:058:05 PM
Niśītha 23:5211:52 PM–24:4012:40+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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:089:08 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4112:41 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 35 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:058:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  8. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4012:40+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī21:479:47 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā25:40 01:401:40 AM TueUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān18:416:41 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava11:0611:06 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra29:59 05:595:59 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 859
Day length
12 h 35 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:479:47 AM
Moonset
22:1510:15 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:284:28 AM05:595:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:284:28 AM05:135:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:504:50 AM05:595:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:595:59 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:337:33 AM09:089:08 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:309:30 AM10:5810:58 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM12:1612:16 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5111:51 AM12:4112:41 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5211:52 AM12:4012:40 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4112:41 PM13:321:32 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:321:32 PM16:034:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:511:51 PM15:253:25 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:222:22 PM15:123:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:123:12 PM16:034:03 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:034:03 PM18:346:34 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:196:19 PM19:477:47 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:346:34 PM20:058:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:346:34 PM18:566:56 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:346:34 PM19:427:42 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5211:52 PM24:4012:40+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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