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Wednesday 12 December 1923 · Tehran, Iran

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Budhavāra. Pañcamī began at 17:515:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:494:49 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)

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

At sunrise

06:596:59 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4610:46 AM

Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 57° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 23% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 57° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–06:026:02 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:345:34 AM–06:596:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:301:30 PM–14:102:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:464:46 PM–17:145:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:464:46 PM–18:116:11 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:3012:30 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:138:13 AM–09:269:26 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3910:39 AM–11:5311:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3311:33 AM–12:1212:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5311:53 AM–13:061:06 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:482:48 PM–16:254:25 PMa 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

Lābha06:596:59 AM–08:138:13 AMgood
Amṛta08:138:13 AM–09:269:26 AMgood
Kāla09:269:26 AM–10:3910:39 AMavoid
Śubha10:3910:39 AM–11:5311:53 AMgood
Roga11:5311:53 AM–13:061:06 PMavoid
Udvega13:061:06 PM–14:192:19 PMavoid
Cara14:192:19 PM–15:333:33 PMneutral
Lābha15:333:33 PM–16:464:46 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:464:46 PM–18:336:33 PMavoid
Śubha18:336:33 PM–20:208:20 PMgood
Amṛta20:208:20 PM–22:0610:06 PMgood
Cara22:0610:06 PM–23:5311:53 PMneutral
Roga23:5311:53 PM–25:401:40 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:401:40 AM+1–27:263:26 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:263:26 AM+1–29:135:13 AM+1good
Udvega29:135:13 AM+1–31:007:00 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:596:59 AM to 31:007:00 AM+1

06:596:59 AM sunrise16:464:46 PM sunsetsunrise 31:007:00 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 16:494:49 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 10:4610:46 AM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 16:404:40 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 16:494:49 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:384:38 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5311:53 AM–13:061:06 PM
Pradoṣa 16:464:46 PM–18:406:40 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:061:06 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 47 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:406:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī16:494:49 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa10:4610:46 AMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVyāghāta16:404:40 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBālava16:494:49 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:00 07:007:00 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1980
Śaka
1845
Kali
5024
Ahargaṇa
1 835 300
Day length
9 h 47 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:3610:36 AM
Moonset
21:339:33 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:596:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM06:026:02 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:345:34 AM06:596:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:596:59 AM08:578:57 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:138:13 AM09:269:26 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:578:57 AM10:5410:54 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3910:39 AM11:5311:53 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3311:33 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5311:53 AM13:061:06 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:492:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:102:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:482:48 PM16:254:25 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening14:492:49 PM16:464:46 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:464:46 PM18:406:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:464:46 PM17:145:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:464:46 PM18:116:11 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:3012:30 AM+126:072:07 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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