Thursday 20 December 2001 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 11:3011:30 AM yesterday, and holds until 13:411:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī boundary
At sunrise
05:545:54 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:469:46 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
13:181:18 PM
The Sun 76° above N. Day length 14 h 47 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
05:545:54 AM to 29:555:55 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | 13:411:41 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 18:156:15 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 09:469:46 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:411:41 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:404:40 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:404:40 AM | 05:175:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:594:59 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:545:54 AM | 07:457:45 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:416:41 AM | 08:288:28 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:528:52 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:369:36 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:5010:50 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:462:46 PM | 17:445:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:083:08 PM | 16:594:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:453:45 PM | 16:454:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:454:45 PM | 17:445:44 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:445:44 PM | 20:418:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:418:41 PM | 21:559:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:418:41 PM | 20:598:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:418:41 PM | 21:369:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5412:54 AM+1 | 25:421:42 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:202:20 AM+1 | 28:084:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |