Wednesday 16 December 2015 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 16:314:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:173:17 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:055:05 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:173:17 PM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
12:1212:12 PM
The Sun 81° above N. Day length 14 h 13 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
05:055:05 AM to 29:065:06+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | 15:173:17 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 27:03 03:033:03 AM Thu | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 26:22 02:222:22 AM Thu | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 15:173:17 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:06 05:065:06 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:473:47 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:473:47 AM | 04:264:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:074:07 AM | 05:055:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:055:05 AM | 07:567:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:526:52 AM | 08:398:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:387:38 AM | 09:119:11 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:567:56 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2510:25 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:591:59 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:371:37 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:342:34 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:284:28 PM | 19:197:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:574:57 PM | 18:306:30 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:197:19 PM | 20:378:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:197:19 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:197:19 PM | 20:178:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4811:48 PM | 24:3612:36+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |