Wednesday 13 April 2005 · Queens, New York, United States
Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 15:533:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:175:17 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoLakṣmī Pañcamī determinate
At sunrise
06:206:20 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:175:17 PM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
12:5612:56 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 13 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
06:206:20 AM to 30:186:18 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 | 17:175:17 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Thu | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 29:04 05:045:04 AM Thu | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:175:17 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:18 06:186:18 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:534:53 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:534:53 AM | 05:375:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:155:15 AM | 06:206:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:206:20 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:597:59 AM | 09:389:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0810:08 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:5612:56 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:201:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5612:56 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:152:15 PM | 16:544:54 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:083:08 PM | 16:014:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:544:54 PM | 19:337:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:337:33 PM | 20:598:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:337:33 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:337:33 PM | 20:378:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:378:37 PM | 22:2210:22 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |