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Tuesday 12 May 1959 · Queens, New York, United States

Vaiśākha Śukla Pañcamī

Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 01:181:18 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:482:48+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Śaṅkara Jayantī

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

At sunrise

05:425:42 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:088:08 AM

Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.

Noon

12:5212:52 PM

The Sun 67° above S. Day length 14 h 19 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5212:52 PM
At noon, 12:5212:52 PM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 53° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:254:25 AM–05:045:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:444:44 AM–05:425:42 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2312:23 PM–13:211:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:153:15 PM–16:124:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:028:02 PM–20:218:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:028:02 PM–21:009:00 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:348:34 AM–09:319:31 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:179:17 AM–11:0511:05 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:5212:52 PM–14:392:39 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:274:27 PM–18:146:14 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:1211:12 PM–24:5612:56+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:5311:53 PM–24:3212:32+1 AMan 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

Roga05:425:42 AM–07:307:30 AMavoid
Udvega07:307:30 AM–09:179:17 AMavoid
Cara09:179:17 AM–11:0511:05 AMneutral
Lābha11:0511:05 AM–12:5212:52 PMgood
Amṛta12:5212:52 PM–14:392:39 PMgood
Kāla14:392:39 PM–16:274:27 PMavoid
Śubha16:274:27 PM–18:146:14 PMgood
Roga18:146:14 PM–20:028:02 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla20:028:02 PM–21:149:14 PMavoid
Lābha21:149:14 PM–22:2710:27 PMgood
Udvega22:2710:27 PM–23:3911:39 PMavoid
Śubha23:3911:39 PM–24:5112:51+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:5112:51+1 AM–26:042:04+1 AMgood
Cara26:042:04+1 AM–27:163:16+1 AMneutral
Roga27:163:16+1 AM–28:294:29+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:294:29+1 AM–29:415:41+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:425:42 AM to 29:415:41+1 AM

05:425:42 AM sunrise20:028:02 PM sunsetsunrise 29:415:41+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 26:482:48+1 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 10:1410:14 AM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 08:088:08 AM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:062:06 PM
Bālavauntil 26:482:48+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2312:23 PM–13:211:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:274:27 PM–18:146:14 PM
Pradoṣa 20:028:02 PM–21:199:19 PM
Niśītha 24:2712:27+1 AM–25:151:15+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  3. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:211:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:146:14 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 19 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 21:199:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:151:15+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī26:48 02:482:48 AM WedṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraĀrdrā10:1410:14 AMPunarvasu
YogaDhṛti08:088:08 AMŚūla
KaraṇaBava14:062:06 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:41 05:415:41 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 235
Day length
14 h 19 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
09:309:30 AM
Moonset
23:5711:57 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:254:25 AM05:425:42 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:254:25 AM05:045:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:444:44 AM05:425:42 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:425:42 AM08:348:34 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:348:34 AM11:2611:26 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:348:34 AM09:319:31 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:179:17 AM11:0511:05 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2312:23 PM13:211:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2812:28 PM13:161:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5212:52 PM14:392:39 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:182:18 PM17:105:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:153:15 PM16:124:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:274:27 PM18:146:14 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:105:10 PM20:028:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:028:02 PM21:199:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:028:02 PM20:218:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:028:02 PM21:009:00 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:1211:12 PM24:5612:56+1 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:5311:53 PM24:3212:32+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2712:27+1 AM25:151:15+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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