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Friday 13 January 1978 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 20:598:59 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:387:38 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:127:12 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:128:12 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2312:23 PM

The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 22 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMultan12:2312:23 PM
At noon, 12:2312:23 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 56° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 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 muhūrta05:235:23 AM–06:176:17 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:127:12 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0212:02 PM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:062:06 PM–14:482:48 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:345:34 PM–18:016:01 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:345:34 PM–18:566:56 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:376:37 PM–20:118:11 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:308:30 AM–09:479:47 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:129:12 AM–10:4610:46 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:169:16 AM–09:589:58 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:0511:05 AM–12:2312:23 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4412:44 PM–13:251:25 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:582:58 PM–16:164:16 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Cara07:127:12 AM–08:308:30 AMneutral
Lābha08:308:30 AM–09:479:47 AMgood
Amṛta09:479:47 AM–11:0511:05 AMgood
Kāla11:0511:05 AM–12:2312:23 PMavoid
Śubha12:2312:23 PM–13:411:41 PMgood
Roga13:411:41 PM–14:582:58 PMavoid
Udvega14:582:58 PM–16:164:16 PMavoid
Cara16:164:16 PM–17:345:34 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga17:345:34 PM–19:167:16 PMavoid
Kāla19:167:16 PM–20:588:58 PMavoid
Lābha20:588:58 PM–22:4010:40 PMgood
Udvega22:4010:40 PM–24:2312:23 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:2312:23 AM+1–26:052:05 AM+1good
Amṛta26:052:05 AM+1–27:473:47 AM+1good
Cara27:473:47 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1neutral
Roga29:295:29 AM+1–31:127:12 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:127:12 AM to 31:127:12 AM+1

07:127:12 AM sunrise17:345:34 PM sunsetsunrise 31:127:12 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 19:387:38 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 26:272:27 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 21:149:14 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:128:12 AM
Bālavauntil 19:387:38 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:0511:05 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Abhijit 12:0212:02 PM–12:4412:44 PM
Pradoṣa 17:345:34 PM–19:237:23 PM
Niśītha 23:5911:59 PM–24:4712:47 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. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:2312:23 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 22 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:237:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4712:47 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī19:387:38 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā26:27 02:272:27 AM SatUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān21:149:14 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava08:128:12 AMBālava
VāraŚukravāra31:12 07:127:12 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2034
Śaka
1899
Kali
5078
Ahargaṇa
1 855 056
Day length
10 h 22 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:0610:06 AM
Moonset
22:1610:16 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:235:23 AM07:127:12 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:235:23 AM06:176:17 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:127:12 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:127:12 AM09:169:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:308:30 AM09:479:47 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:129:12 AM10:4610:46 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:169:16 AM11:2111:21 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:169:16 AM09:589:58 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:0511:05 AM12:2312:23 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0212:02 PM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4412:44 PM13:251:25 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:251:25 PM15:293:29 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:062:06 PM14:482:48 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:582:58 PM16:164:16 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:293:29 PM17:345:34 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:345:34 PM19:237:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:345:34 PM18:016:01 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:345:34 PM18:566:56 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:376:37 PM20:118:11 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5911:59 PM24:4712:47 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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