Friday 17 May 2002 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 17:415:41 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:574:57 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:368:36 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 88° above S. Day length 13 h 10 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
06:006:00 AM to 30:006:00 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 | 16:574:57 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 18:266:26 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Śūla | 08:368:36 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 16:574:57 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:344:34 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:344:34 AM | 05:175:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:554:55 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:388:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:276:27 AM | 08:038:03 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:397:39 AM | 09:189:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:388:38 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:388:38 AM | 09:319:31 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5610:56 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:011:01 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:541:54 PM | 16:324:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:533:53 PM | 17:315:31 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:024:02 PM | 17:385:38 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:324:32 PM | 19:107:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:107:10 PM | 20:378:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:107:10 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:107:10 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:162:16 AM+1 | 27:503:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |