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Monday 21 December 2009 · Tehran, Iran

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 01:021:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:463:46 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:107:10 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:252:25 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 53° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:165:16 AM–06:136:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:455:45 AM–07:107:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4311:43 AM–12:2212:22 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:401:40 PM–14:192:19 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:484:48 PM–18:366:36 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:544:54 PM–17:235:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:544:54 PM–18:206:20 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:238:23 AM–09:369:36 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4910:49 AM–12:0212:02 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2212:22 PM–13:011:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:192:19 PM–14:582:58 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Amṛta07:107:10 AM–08:238:23 AMgood
Kāla08:238:23 AM–09:369:36 AMavoid
Śubha09:369:36 AM–10:4910:49 AMgood
Roga10:4910:49 AM–12:0212:02 PMavoid
Udvega12:0212:02 PM–13:151:15 PMavoid
Cara13:151:15 PM–14:282:28 PMneutral
Lābha14:282:28 PM–15:413:41 PMgood
Amṛta15:413:41 PM–16:544:54 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:544:54 PM–18:416:41 PMneutral
Roga18:416:41 PM–20:288:28 PMavoid
Kāla20:288:28 PM–22:1610:16 PMavoid
Lābha22:1610:16 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1good
Udvega24:0312:03 AM+1–25:501:50 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:501:50 AM+1–27:373:37 AM+1good
Amṛta27:373:37 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1good
Cara29:245:24 AM+1–31:117:11 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:107:10 AM to 31:117:11 AM+1

07:107:10 AM sunrise16:544:54 PM sunsetsunrise 31:117:11 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 27:463:46 AM+1
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 28:334:33 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 16:454:45 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:252:25 PM
Bālavauntil 27:463:46 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:238:23 AM–09:369:36 AM
Abhijit 11:4311:43 AM–12:2212:22 PM
Pradoṣa 16:544:54 PM–18:496:49 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27 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.

  1. SunrisePañcamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:369:36 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2212:22 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 44 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:496:49 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī27:46 03:463:46 AM TueṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā28:33 04:334:33 AM TueŚatabhiṣā
YogaHarṣaṇa16:454:45 PMVajra
KaraṇaBava14:252:25 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:11 07:117:11 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 721
Day length
9 h 44 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
10:1310:13 AM
Moonset
21:269:26 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:165:16 AM07:107:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:165:16 AM06:136:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:455:45 AM07:107:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:107:10 AM09:079:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:238:23 AM09:369:36 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:079:07 AM11:0411:04 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4910:49 AM12:0212:02 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4311:43 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2212:22 PM13:011:01 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM14:582:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:151:15 PM14:282:28 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:401:40 PM14:192:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:192:19 PM14:582:58 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:582:58 PM16:544:54 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:484:48 PM18:366:36 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:544:54 PM18:496:49 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:544:54 PM17:235:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:544:54 PM18:206:20 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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