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Thursday 25 March 2004 · Queens, New York, United States

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 22:0810:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:2912:29 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

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

At sunrise

05:505:50 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:1611:16 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 51° above S. Day length 12 h 23 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 54° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 54° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:174:17 AM–05:045:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:404:40 AM–05:505:50 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3711:37 AM–12:2612:26 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:052:05 PM–14:552:55 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:485:48 PM–19:357:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:136:13 PM–18:366:36 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:136:13 PM–19:227:22 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:505:50 AM–07:237:23 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya07:047:04 AM–08:528:52 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika08:568:56 AM–10:2910:29 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:589:58 AM–10:4710:47 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:341:34 PM–15:073:07 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:552:55 PM–15:443:44 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

Śubha05:505:50 AM–07:237:23 AMgood
Roga07:237:23 AM–08:568:56 AMavoid
Udvega08:568:56 AM–10:2910:29 AMavoid
Cara10:2910:29 AM–12:0212:02 PMneutral
Lābha12:0212:02 PM–13:341:34 PMgood
Amṛta13:341:34 PM–15:073:07 PMgood
Kāla15:073:07 PM–16:404:40 PMavoid
Śubha16:404:40 PM–18:136:13 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:136:13 PM–19:407:40 PMgood
Cara19:407:40 PM–21:079:07 PMneutral
Roga21:079:07 PM–22:3410:34 PMavoid
Kāla22:3410:34 PM–24:0112:01 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:0112:01 AM+1–25:281:28 AM+1good
Udvega25:281:28 AM+1–26:552:55 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:552:55 AM+1–28:224:22 AM+1good
Amṛta28:224:22 AM+1–29:485:48 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:505:50 AM to 29:485:48 AM+1

05:505:50 AM sunrise18:136:13 PM sunsetsunrise 29:485:48 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 24:2912:29 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 20:288:28 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 29:325:32 AM+1
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 11:1611:16 AM
Bālavauntil 24:2912:29 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3711:37 AM–12:2612:26 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:341:34 PM–15:073:07 PM
Pradoṣa 18:136:13 PM–19:467:46 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2612:26 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:073:07 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 23 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:467:46 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī24:29 00:2912:29 AM FriṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraKṛttikā20:288:28 PMRohiṇī
YogaPrīti29:32 05:325:32 AM FriĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaBava11:1611:16 AMBālava
VāraGuruvāra29:48 05:485:48 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 624
Day length
12 h 23 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:088:08 AM
Moonset
23:1611:16 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:174:17 AM05:505:50 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:174:17 AM05:045:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:404:40 AM05:505:50 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:505:50 AM08:198:19 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day05:505:50 AM07:237:23 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:047:04 AM08:528:52 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:198:19 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:568:56 AM10:2910:29 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:589:58 AM10:4710:47 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3711:37 AM12:2612:26 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:161:16 PM15:443:44 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:341:34 PM15:073:07 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:052:05 PM14:552:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:552:55 PM15:443:44 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:443:44 PM18:136:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:485:48 PM19:357:35 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:136:13 PM19:467:46 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:136:13 PM18:366:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:136:13 PM19:227:22 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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