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December 2001 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseKārtika Kṛṣṇa to Mārgaśīrṣa KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Wednesday 19 December 2001 · Queens, New York, United States

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 19:307:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:419:41 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

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

At sunrise

07:157:15 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:338:33 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 15 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 56° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 22% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 56° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:175:17 AM–06:166:16 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:475:47 AM–07:157:15 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:251:25 PM–14:022:02 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:412:41 PM–16:284:28 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:304:30 PM–17:005:00 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:304:30 PM–17:595:59 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:248:24 AM–09:349:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4310:43 AM–11:5311:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3411:34 AM–12:1112:11 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5311:53 AM–13:021:02 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha07:157:15 AM–08:248:24 AMgood
Amṛta08:248:24 AM–09:349:34 AMgood
Kāla09:349:34 AM–10:4310:43 AMavoid
Śubha10:4310:43 AM–11:5311:53 AMgood
Roga11:5311:53 AM–13:021:02 PMavoid
Udvega13:021:02 PM–14:112:11 PMavoid
Cara14:112:11 PM–15:213:21 PMneutral
Lābha15:213:21 PM–16:304:30 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:304:30 PM–18:216:21 PMavoid
Śubha18:216:21 PM–20:118:11 PMgood
Amṛta20:118:11 PM–22:0210:02 PMgood
Cara22:0210:02 PM–23:5311:53 PMneutral
Roga23:5311:53 PM–25:441:44 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:441:44 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:343:34 AM+1–29:255:25 AM+1good
Udvega29:255:25 AM+1–31:167:16 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:157:15 AM to 31:167:16 AM+1

07:157:15 AM sunrise16:304:30 PM sunsetsunrise 31:167:16 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 21:419:41 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 26:152:15 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 17:465:46 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:338:33 AM
Bālavauntil 21:419:41 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5311:53 AM–13:021:02 PM
Pradoṣa 16:304:30 PM–18:286:28 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:021:02 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 15 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:286:28 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī21:419:41 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā26:15 02:152:15 AM ThuŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa17:465:46 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava08:338:33 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:16 07:167:16 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 797
Day length
9 h 15 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:5610:56 AM
Moonset
21:069:06 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:175:17 AM07:157:15 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:175:17 AM06:166:16 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:475:47 AM07:157:15 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:157:15 AM09:069:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:248:24 AM09:349:34 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:069:06 AM10:5710:57 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4310:43 AM11:5311:53 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:1112:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5311:53 AM13:021:02 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4812:48 PM14:392:39 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:251:25 PM14:022:02 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:392:39 PM16:304:30 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:412:41 PM16:284:28 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:304:30 PM18:286:28 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:304:30 PM17:005:00 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:304:30 PM17:595:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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