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Monday 8 May 2000 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Vaiśākha Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 21:349:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:496:49 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śaṅkara Jayantī

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

At sunrise

06:046:04 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:108:10 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 86° above S. Day length 13 h 02 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 56° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 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 muhūrta04:364:36 AM–05:205:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:584:58 AM–06:046:04 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0912:09 PM–13:011:01 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:462:46 PM–15:383:38 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:067:06 PM–19:287:28 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:067:06 PM–20:128:12 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:427:42 AM–09:209:20 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:5710:57 AM–12:3512:35 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:011:01 PM–13:531:53 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:132:13 PM–15:513:51 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:383:38 PM–16:304:30 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya22:4010:40 PM–24:0912:09+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Amṛta06:046:04 AM–07:427:42 AMgood
Kāla07:427:42 AM–09:209:20 AMavoid
Śubha09:209:20 AM–10:5710:57 AMgood
Roga10:5710:57 AM–12:3512:35 PMavoid
Udvega12:3512:35 PM–14:132:13 PMavoid
Cara14:132:13 PM–15:513:51 PMneutral
Lābha15:513:51 PM–17:295:29 PMgood
Amṛta17:295:29 PM–19:067:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:067:06 PM–20:298:29 PMneutral
Roga20:298:29 PM–21:519:51 PMavoid
Kāla21:519:51 PM–23:1311:13 PMavoid
Lābha23:1311:13 PM–24:3512:35+1 AMgood
Udvega24:3512:35+1 AM–25:571:57+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:571:57+1 AM–27:193:19+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:193:19+1 AM–28:424:42+1 AMgood
Cara28:424:42+1 AM–30:046:04+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:046:04 AM to 30:046:04+1 AM

06:046:04 AM sunrise19:067:06 PM sunsetsunrise 30:046:04+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 18:496:49 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 11:3211:32 AM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 15:323:32 PM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:108:10 AM
Bālavauntil 18:496:49 PM
Kaulavauntil 29:345:34+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:427:42 AM–09:209:20 AM
Abhijit 12:0912:09 PM–13:011:01 PM
Pradoṣa 19:067:06 PM–20:348:34 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11+1 AM–24:5912:59+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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:209:20 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:011:01 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. SunsetDay length 13 h 02 m.
  10. PradoṣaUntil 20:348:34 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī18:496:49 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraĀrdrā11:3211:32 AMPunarvasu
YogaDhṛti15:323:32 PMŚūla
KaraṇaBava08:108:10 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:04 06:046:04 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 207
Day length
13 h 02 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
09:569:56 AM
Moonset
23:3511:35 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:364:36 AM06:046:04 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:364:36 AM05:205:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:584:58 AM06:046:04 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:046:04 AM08:418:41 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:427:42 AM09:209:20 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:418:41 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:5710:57 AM12:3512:35 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0912:09 PM13:011:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:1112:11 PM12:5912:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:011:01 PM13:531:53 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:531:53 PM16:304:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:132:13 PM15:513:51 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:462:46 PM15:383:38 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:383:38 PM16:304:30 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:304:30 PM19:067:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:067:06 PM20:348:34 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:067:06 PM19:287:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:067:06 PM20:128:12 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:4010:40 PM24:0912:09+1 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11+1 AM24:5912:59+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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