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Monday 15 January 2024 · Tehran, Iran

Pauṣa Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 03:003:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1712:17+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:147:14 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:361:36 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:1312:13 PM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:1312:13 PM
At noon, 12:1312:13 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 53° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 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 muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:186:18 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:147:14 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5411:54 AM–12:3412:34 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:135:13 PM–17:415:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:135:13 PM–18:376:37 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:498:49 PM–22:1710:17 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:298:29 AM–09:449:44 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:5910:59 AM–12:1412:14 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:0012:00 PM–13:281:28 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta12:3412:34 PM–13:141:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:291:29 PM–14:432:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:133:13 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

Amṛta07:147:14 AM–08:298:29 AMgood
Kāla08:298:29 AM–09:449:44 AMavoid
Śubha09:449:44 AM–10:5910:59 AMgood
Roga10:5910:59 AM–12:1412:14 PMavoid
Udvega12:1412:14 PM–13:291:29 PMavoid
Cara13:291:29 PM–14:432:43 PMneutral
Lābha14:432:43 PM–15:583:58 PMgood
Amṛta15:583:58 PM–17:135:13 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:135:13 PM–18:586:58 PMneutral
Roga18:586:58 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid
Kāla20:438:43 PM–22:2810:28 PMavoid
Lābha22:2810:28 PM–24:1312:13+1 AMgood
Udvega24:1312:13+1 AM–25:591:59+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:591:59+1 AM–27:443:44+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:443:44+1 AM–29:295:29+1 AMgood
Cara29:295:29+1 AM–31:147:14+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:147:14 AM to 31:147:14+1 AM

07:147:14 AM sunrise17:135:13 PM sunsetsunrise 31:147:14+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 24:1712:17+1 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 28:104:10+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 21:119:11 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:361:36 PM
Bālavauntil 24:1712:17+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:298:29 AM–09:449:44 AM
Abhijit 11:5411:54 AM–12:3412:34 PM
Pradoṣa 17:135:13 PM–19:057:05 PM
Niśītha 23:4911:49 PM–24:3712:37+1 AM

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 09:449:44 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3412:34 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 59 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:057:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3712:37+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī24:17 00:1712:17 AM TueṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā28:10 04:104:10 AM TueUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān21:119:11 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava13:361:36 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:14 07:147:14 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 859
Day length
9 h 59 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:0810:08 AM
Moonset
21:519:51 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:147:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:186:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:147:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:147:14 AM09:149:14 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:298:29 AM09:449:44 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:149:14 AM11:1411:14 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:5910:59 AM12:1412:14 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5011:50 AM12:3812:38 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5411:54 AM12:3412:34 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:0012:00 PM13:281:28 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:3412:34 PM13:141:14 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:141:14 PM15:133:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:291:29 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:541:54 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:332:33 PM15:133:13 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:133:13 PM17:135:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:135:13 PM19:057:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:135:13 PM17:415:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:135:13 PM18:376:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:498:49 PM22:1710:17 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4911:49 PM24:3712:37+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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