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Tuesday 13 January 1959 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 21:449:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5310:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1210:12 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:0412:04 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 31 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0412:04 PM
At noon, 12:0412:04 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 55° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:235:23 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4511:45 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:391:39 PM–14:172:17 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:504:50 PM–17:195:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:504:50 PM–18:176:17 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:538:53 PM–22:3710:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:139:13 AM–09:519:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:3310:33 AM–12:1712:17 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika12:0412:04 PM–13:161:16 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:272:27 PM–15:383:38 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3710:37 PM–23:3511:35 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

Roga07:197:19 AM–08:308:30 AMavoid
Udvega08:308:30 AM–09:419:41 AMavoid
Cara09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMneutral
Lābha10:5310:53 AM–12:0412:04 PMgood
Amṛta12:0412:04 PM–13:161:16 PMgood
Kāla13:161:16 PM–14:272:27 PMavoid
Śubha14:272:27 PM–15:383:38 PMgood
Roga15:383:38 PM–16:504:50 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:504:50 PM–18:386:38 PMavoid
Lābha18:386:38 PM–20:278:27 PMgood
Udvega20:278:27 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Śubha22:1510:15 PM–24:0412:04 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0412:04 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1good
Cara25:531:53 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1neutral
Roga27:413:41 AM+1–29:305:30 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:305:30 AM+1–31:187:18 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:187:18 AM+1

07:197:19 AM sunrise16:504:50 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 22:5310:53 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 29:305:30 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 23:0411:04 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:1210:12 AM
Bālavauntil 22:5310:53 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4511:45 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:272:27 PM–15:383:38 PM
Pradoṣa 16:504:50 PM–18:456:45 PM
Niśītha 23:4011:40 PM–24:2812:28 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. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:383:38 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 31 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:456:45 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī22:5310:53 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā29:30 05:305:30 AM WedUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān23:0411:04 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava10:1210:12 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:18 07:187:18 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2015
Śaka
1880
Kali
5059
Ahargaṇa
1 848 116
Day length
9 h 31 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
09:459:45 AM
Moonset
21:489:48 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:235:23 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:235:23 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:139:13 AM09:519:51 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:419:41 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:3310:33 AM12:1712:17 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4011:40 AM12:2812:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4511:45 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0412:04 PM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM14:552:55 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:391:39 PM14:172:17 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:272:27 PM15:383:38 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:552:55 PM16:504:50 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:504:50 PM18:456:45 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:504:50 PM17:195:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:504:50 PM18:176:17 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:538:53 PM22:3710:37 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3710:37 PM23:3511:35 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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