Thursday 16 December 2004 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 20:168:16 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:335:33 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:007:00 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:335:33 PM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 00 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
07:007:00 AM to 31:017:01 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 | 17:335:33 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 27:24 03:243:24 AM Fri | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 25:28 01:281:28 AM Fri | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:335:33 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:01 07:017:01 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 07:007:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:305:30 AM | 07:007:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:007:00 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:007:00 AM | 08:088:08 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:528:52 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:159:15 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0010:00 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:122:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:451:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:001:00 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:361:36 PM | 14:122:12 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:122:12 PM | 16:004:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:004:00 PM | 18:006:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:004:00 PM | 16:304:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:004:00 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:455:45 PM | 19:147:14 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |