Friday 14 January 2005 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 06:236:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:224:22 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
06:596:59 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:529:52 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 50 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
06:596:59 AM to 30:596:59 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | 28:22 04:224:22 AM Sat | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 09:529:52 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 25:37 01:371:37 AM Sat | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:175:17 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:59 06:596:59 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:596:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 06:596:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:596:59 AM | 09:099:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:218:21 AM | 09:429:42 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:099:09 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:099:09 AM | 09:539:53 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0311:03 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:073:07 PM | 16:284:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:403:40 PM | 17:505:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:573:57 PM | 17:285:28 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:505:50 PM | 19:357:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:505:50 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:505:50 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 24:4812:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:041:04 AM+1 | 26:352:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |