Monday 18 September 2000 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 00:0912:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:0111:01 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3711:37 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:3312:33 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 12 h 12 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:276:27 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 | Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī | 23:0111:01 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 13:131:13 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 26:38 02:382:38 AM Tue | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 11:3711:37 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:27 06:276:27 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:524:52 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:524:52 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:165:16 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:276:27 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:587:58 AM | 09:309:30 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:288:28 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:538:53 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0111:01 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:461:46 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:042:04 PM | 15:363:36 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:352:35 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:233:23 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:124:12 PM | 18:396:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:396:39 PM | 20:138:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:396:39 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:396:39 PM | 19:497:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 24:5712:57 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 26:292:29 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |