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Monday 8 May 2000 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Vaiśākha Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 13:041:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:1910:19 AM.

Observed here on this day

Śaṅkara Jayantī

Pañcamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:276:27 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:027:02 AM

Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.

Noon

12:3712:37 PM

The Sun 79° above N. Day length 12 h 21 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:3712:37 PM
At noon, 12:3712:37 PM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 61° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 26% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 61° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:534:53 AM–05:405:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:175:17 AM–06:276:27 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1212:12 PM–13:021:02 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:412:41 PM–15:303:30 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:486:48 PM–19:117:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:486:48 PM–19:587:58 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:0411:04 PM–24:3312:33+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:597:59 AM–09:329:32 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:0411:04 AM–12:3712:37 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:021:02 PM–13:511:51 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya14:102:10 PM–15:393:39 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika14:102:10 PM–15:423:42 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:303:30 PM–16:204:20 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

Amṛta06:276:27 AM–07:597:59 AMgood
Kāla07:597:59 AM–09:329:32 AMavoid
Śubha09:329:32 AM–11:0411:04 AMgood
Roga11:0411:04 AM–12:3712:37 PMavoid
Udvega12:3712:37 PM–14:102:10 PMavoid
Cara14:102:10 PM–15:423:42 PMneutral
Lābha15:423:42 PM–17:155:15 PMgood
Amṛta17:155:15 PM–18:486:48 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:486:48 PM–20:158:15 PMneutral
Roga20:158:15 PM–21:429:42 PMavoid
Kāla21:429:42 PM–23:1011:10 PMavoid
Lābha23:1011:10 PM–24:3712:37+1 AMgood
Udvega24:3712:37+1 AM–26:042:04+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:042:04+1 AM–27:323:32+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:323:32+1 AM–28:594:59+1 AMgood
Cara28:594:59+1 AM–30:266:26+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:276:27 AM to 30:266:26+1 AM

06:276:27 AM sunrise18:486:48 PM sunsetsunrise 30:266:26+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 10:1910:19 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Punarvasuuntil 25:171:17+1 AM
Puṣyapast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 07:027:02 AM
Śūlauntil 27:563:56+1 AM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:1910:19 AM
Kaulavauntil 21:049:04 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:597:59 AM–09:329:32 AM
Abhijit 12:1212:12 PM–13:021:02 PM
Pradoṣa 18:486:48 PM–20:218:21 PM
Niśītha 24:1312:13+1 AM–25:011:01+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. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:329:32 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  5. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 13:021:02 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 21 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:218:21 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:011:01+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. PuṣyaNakṣatra: Punarvasu ends.
  12. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī10:1910:19 AMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPunarvasu25:17 01:171:17 AM TuePuṣya
YogaDhṛti07:027:02 AMŚūla
KaraṇaBālava10:1910:19 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra30:26 06:266:26 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 207
Day length
12 h 21 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
10:4710:47 AM
Moonset
23:3111:31 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:534:53 AM06:276:27 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:534:53 AM05:405:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:175:17 AM06:276:27 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:276:27 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:597:59 AM09:329:32 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM11:2311:23 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:0411:04 AM12:3712:37 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1212:12 PM13:021:02 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:1312:13 PM13:011:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:021:02 PM13:511:51 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:511:51 PM16:204:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:102:10 PM15:393:39 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:102:10 PM15:423:42 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:412:41 PM15:303:30 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:303:30 PM16:204:20 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:204:20 PM18:486:48 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:486:48 PM20:218:21 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:486:48 PM19:117:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:486:48 PM19:587:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:0411:04 PM24:3312:33+1 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:1312:13+1 AM25:011:01+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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