Friday 10 December 2010 · Tehran, Iran
Śukravāra. Pañcamī began at 21:489:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:3211:32 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:037:03 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3510:35 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:5711:57 AM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 48 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
07:037:03 AM to 31:047:04 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 | 23:3211:32 PM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 20:568:56 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Sat | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:3510:35 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:04 07:047:04 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:095:09 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:095:09 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 07:037:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:037:03 AM | 09:019:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:178:17 AM | 09:309:30 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:019:01 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:019:01 AM | 09:409:40 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:369:36 AM | 11:2011:20 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4310:43 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:142:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:242:24 PM | 15:373:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:532:53 PM | 16:514:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:514:51 PM | 18:446:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:514:51 PM | 17:195:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:514:51 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:221:22 AM+1 | 27:083:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |