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Monday 15 January 2024 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 04:304:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:471:47+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

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

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:117:11 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:377:37 AM

Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.

Noon

12:2312:23 PM

The Sun 39° above S. Day length 10 h 24 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMultan12:2312:23 PM
At noon, 12:2312:23 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 52° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 52° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:235:23 AM–06:176:17 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:117:11 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0312:03 PM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:072:07 PM–14:492:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:355:35 PM–18:026:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:355:35 PM–18:576:57 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:1910:19 PM–23:4711:47 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:298:29 AM–09:479:47 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:0511:05 AM–12:2312:23 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4412:44 PM–13:261:26 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya13:301:30 PM–14:582:58 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika13:411:41 PM–14:592:59 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:492:49 PM–15:303:30 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

Amṛta07:117:11 AM–08:298:29 AMgood
Kāla08:298:29 AM–09:479:47 AMavoid
Śubha09:479:47 AM–11:0511:05 AMgood
Roga11:0511:05 AM–12:2312:23 PMavoid
Udvega12:2312:23 PM–13:411:41 PMavoid
Cara13:411:41 PM–14:592:59 PMneutral
Lābha14:592:59 PM–16:174:17 PMgood
Amṛta16:174:17 PM–17:355:35 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:355:35 PM–19:177:17 PMneutral
Roga19:177:17 PM–20:598:59 PMavoid
Kāla20:598:59 PM–22:4110:41 PMavoid
Lābha22:4110:41 PM–24:2312:23+1 AMgood
Udvega24:2312:23+1 AM–26:052:05+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:052:05+1 AM–27:473:47+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:473:47+1 AM–29:295:29+1 AMgood
Cara29:295:29+1 AM–31:117:11+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:117:11 AM to 31:117:11+1 AM

07:117:11 AM sunrise17:355:35 PM sunsetsunrise 31:117:11+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 25:471:47+1 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 07:377:37 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 29:405:40+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 22:4110:41 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:063:06 PM
Bālavauntil 25:471:47+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:298:29 AM–09:479:47 AM
Abhijit 12:0312:03 PM–12:4412:44 PM
Pradoṣa 17:355:35 PM–19:247:24 PM
Niśītha 23:5911:59 PM–24:4712:47+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. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:479:47 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 24 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:247:24 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4712:47+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī25:47 01:471:47 AM TueṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā07:377:37 AMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān22:4110:41 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava15:063:06 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:11 07:117:11 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 859
Day length
10 h 24 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:1110:11 AM
Moonset
21:599:59 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:235:23 AM07:117:11 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:235:23 AM06:176:17 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:117:11 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:117:11 AM09:169:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:298:29 AM09:479:47 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:169:16 AM11:2111:21 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:0511:05 AM12:2312:23 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0312:03 PM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4412:44 PM13:261:26 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:261:26 PM15:303:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:301:30 PM14:582:58 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:411:41 PM14:592:59 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:072:07 PM14:492:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:492:49 PM15:303:30 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:303:30 PM17:355:35 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:355:35 PM19:247:24 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:355:35 PM18:026:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:355:35 PM18:576:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:1910:19 PM23:4711:47 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5911:59 PM24:4712:47+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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