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Sunday 8 December 2002 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Ravivāra. Pañcamī began at 06:096:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:086:08 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

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

At sunrise

07:047:04 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:036:03 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:3012:30 PM

The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 53 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:3012:30 PM
At noon, 12:3012:30 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 51° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 19% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 51° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:116:11 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:455:45 AM–07:047:04 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0912:09 PM–12:5212:52 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:192:19 PM–15:033:03 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:575:57 PM–18:236:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:575:57 PM–19:167:16 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:228:22 PM–22:0010:00 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya10:3210:32 AM–12:1012:10 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:3012:30 PM–13:521:52 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:143:14 PM–16:354:35 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:304:30 PM–17:135:13 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla16:354:35 PM–17:575:57 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Udvega07:047:04 AM–08:268:26 AMavoid
Cara08:268:26 AM–09:479:47 AMneutral
Lābha09:479:47 AM–11:0911:09 AMgood
Amṛta11:0911:09 AM–12:3012:30 PMgood
Kāla12:3012:30 PM–13:521:52 PMavoid
Śubha13:521:52 PM–15:143:14 PMgood
Roga15:143:14 PM–16:354:35 PMavoid
Udvega16:354:35 PM–17:575:57 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha17:575:57 PM–19:357:35 PMgood
Amṛta19:357:35 PM–21:149:14 PMgood
Cara21:149:14 PM–22:5210:52 PMneutral
Roga22:5210:52 PM–24:3112:31 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:3112:31 AM+1–26:092:09 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:092:09 AM+1–27:483:48 AM+1good
Udvega27:483:48 AM+1–29:265:26 AM+1avoid
Śubha29:265:26 AM+1–31:057:05 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:047:04 AM to 31:057:05 AM+1

07:047:04 AM sunrise17:575:57 PM sunsetsunrise 31:057:05 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 30:086:08 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 31:017:01 AM+1
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 20:178:17 PM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 18:036:03 PM
Bālavauntil 30:086:08 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0912:09 PM–12:5212:52 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:354:35 PM–17:575:57 PM
Pradoṣa 17:575:57 PM–19:427:42 PM
Niśītha 24:0712:07 AM+1–24:5512:55 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.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Ravivāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:5212:52 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:575:57 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 53 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:427:42 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5512:55 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī30:08 06:086:08 AM MonṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa31:01 07:017:01 AM MonDhaniṣṭhā
YogaDhruva20:178:17 PMVyāghāta
KaraṇaBava18:036:03 PMBālava
VāraRavivāra31:05 07:057:05 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 151
Day length
10 h 53 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:5110:51 AM
Moonset
21:579:57 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:047:04 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:116:11 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:455:45 AM07:047:04 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:047:04 AM09:159:15 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:159:15 AM11:2511:25 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:3210:32 AM12:1012:10 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0612:06 PM12:5412:54 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0912:09 PM12:5212:52 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:3012:30 PM13:521:52 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:361:36 PM15:463:46 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:192:19 PM15:033:03 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:143:14 PM16:354:35 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:463:46 PM17:575:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:304:30 PM17:135:13 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:354:35 PM17:575:57 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk17:575:57 PM19:427:42 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:575:57 PM18:236:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:575:57 PM19:167:16 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:228:22 PM22:0010:00 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0712:07 AM+124:5512:55 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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