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Tuesday 24 March 2015 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 05:425:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:104:10 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:226:22 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:504:50 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2312:23 PM

The Sun 57° above N. Day length 12 h 01 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonPerth12:2312:23 PM
At noon, 12:2312:23 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 52° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 19% 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 muhūrta04:474:47 AM–05:345:34 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:115:11 AM–06:226:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5911:59 AM–12:4712:47 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:232:23 PM–15:113:11 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:236:23 PM–18:476:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:236:23 PM–19:357:35 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:122:12 AM+1–27:453:45 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:478:47 AM–09:359:35 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:239:23 AM–10:5310:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2312:23 PM–13:531:53 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:233:23 PM–16:534:53 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:574:57 PM–18:296:29 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:1111:11 PM–23:5911:59 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

Roga06:226:22 AM–07:527:52 AMavoid
Udvega07:527:52 AM–09:239:23 AMavoid
Cara09:239:23 AM–10:5310:53 AMneutral
Lābha10:5310:53 AM–12:2312:23 PMgood
Amṛta12:2312:23 PM–13:531:53 PMgood
Kāla13:531:53 PM–15:233:23 PMavoid
Śubha15:233:23 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Roga16:534:53 PM–18:236:23 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:236:23 PM–19:537:53 PMavoid
Lābha19:537:53 PM–21:239:23 PMgood
Udvega21:239:23 PM–22:5310:53 PMavoid
Śubha22:5310:53 PM–24:2312:23 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2312:23 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1good
Cara25:531:53 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1neutral
Roga27:233:23 AM+1–28:534:53 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:534:53 AM+1–30:236:23 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:226:22 AM to 30:236:23 AM+1

06:226:22 AM sunrise18:236:23 PM sunsetsunrise 30:236:23 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 28:104:10 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 28:314:31 AM+1
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 17:575:57 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:504:50 PM
Bālavauntil 28:104:10 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5911:59 AM–12:4712:47 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:233:23 PM–16:534:53 PM
Pradoṣa 18:236:23 PM–19:597:59 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4712:47 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:534:53 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 01 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:597:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4712:47 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī28:10 04:104:10 AM WedṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraKṛttikā28:31 04:314:31 AM WedRohiṇī
YogaViṣkambha17:575:57 PMPrīti
KaraṇaBava16:504:50 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:23 06:236:23 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 640
Day length
12 h 01 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
10:2210:22 AM
Moonset
21:219:21 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:474:47 AM06:226:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:474:47 AM05:345:34 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:115:11 AM06:226:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:226:22 AM08:478:47 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:478:47 AM11:1111:11 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:478:47 AM09:359:35 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:239:23 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2312:23 PM13:531:53 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:351:35 PM15:593:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:232:23 PM15:113:11 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:233:23 PM16:534:53 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:593:59 PM18:236:23 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:574:57 PM18:296:29 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:236:23 PM19:597:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:236:23 PM18:476:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:236:23 PM19:357:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1111:11 PM23:5911:59 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5911:59 PM24:4712:47 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:122:12 AM+127:453:45 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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