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Wednesday 13 April 2005 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 16:534:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:176:17 PM.

Observed here on this day

Vaiśākhī

The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoLakṣmī Pañcamī determinate

At sunrise

06:346:34 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:176:17 PM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

12:4112:41 PM

The Sun 87° above N. Day length 12 h 14 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:4112:41 PM
At noon, 12:4112:41 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 57° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 23% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 57° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:005:00 AM–05:475:47 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:245:24 AM–06:346:34 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:432:43 PM–15:323:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:486:48 PM–19:127:12 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:486:48 PM–19:597:59 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:379:37 PM–23:2211:22 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:068:06 AM–09:389:38 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:0811:08 AM–12:5312:53 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:0911:09 AM–12:4112:41 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1712:17 PM–13:061:06 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:4112:41 PM–14:132:13 PMRāhu’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

Lābha06:346:34 AM–08:068:06 AMgood
Amṛta08:068:06 AM–09:389:38 AMgood
Kāla09:389:38 AM–11:0911:09 AMavoid
Śubha11:0911:09 AM–12:4112:41 PMgood
Roga12:4112:41 PM–14:132:13 PMavoid
Udvega14:132:13 PM–15:453:45 PMavoid
Cara15:453:45 PM–17:165:16 PMneutral
Lābha17:165:16 PM–18:486:48 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:486:48 PM–20:168:16 PMavoid
Śubha20:168:16 PM–21:459:45 PMgood
Amṛta21:459:45 PM–23:1311:13 PMgood
Cara23:1311:13 PM–24:4112:41+1 AMneutral
Roga24:4112:41+1 AM–26:092:09+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:092:09+1 AM–27:373:37+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:373:37+1 AM–29:065:06+1 AMgood
Udvega29:065:06+1 AM–30:346:34+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:346:34 AM to 30:346:34+1 AM

06:346:34 AM sunrise18:486:48 PM sunsetsunrise 30:346:34+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 18:176:17 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 30:046:04+1 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 18:176:17 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:4112:41 PM–14:132:13 PM
Pradoṣa 18:486:48 PM–20:228:22 PM
Niśītha 24:1712:17+1 AM–25:051:05+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:132:13 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 14 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:228:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:051:05+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī18:176:17 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirāpast sunriseĀrdrā
YogaŚobhana30:04 06:046:04 AM ThuAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava18:176:17 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra30:34 06:346:34 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2062
Śaka
1927
Kali
5106
Ahargaṇa
1 865 008
Day length
12 h 14 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
10:1810:18 AM
Moonset
23:0611:06 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:005:00 AM06:346:34 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:005:00 AM05:475:47 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:245:24 AM06:346:34 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:346:34 AM09:019:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:068:06 AM09:389:38 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:019:01 AM11:2811:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:0811:08 AM12:5312:53 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:0911:09 AM12:4112:41 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1712:17 PM13:061:06 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:1712:17 PM13:051:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:4112:41 PM14:132:13 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:551:55 PM16:214:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:432:43 PM15:323:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:214:21 PM18:486:48 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:486:48 PM20:228:22 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:486:48 PM19:127:12 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:486:48 PM19:597:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:379:37 PM23:2211:22 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:1712:17+1 AM25:051:05+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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