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Monday 30 December 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 13:081:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:523:52 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:258:25 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:189:18 AM

Prīti gives way to Āyuṣmān.

Noon

13:161:16 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:161:16 PM
At noon, 13:161:16 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 239° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 76% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 239° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:316:31 AM–07:287:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:596:59 AM–08:258:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:359:35 AM–11:2411:24 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:5612:56 PM–13:351:35 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:522:52 PM–15:313:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:066:06 PM–18:356:35 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:066:06 PM–19:327:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla32:098:09 AM+1–33:579:57 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla09:389:38 AM–10:5010:50 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:0312:03 PM–13:161:16 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:351:35 PM–14:142:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:282:28 PM–15:413:41 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:313:31 PM–16:104:10 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya21:199:19 PM–23:0811:08 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

Amṛta08:258:25 AM–09:389:38 AMgood
Kāla09:389:38 AM–10:5010:50 AMavoid
Śubha10:5010:50 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Roga12:0312:03 PM–13:161:16 PMavoid
Udvega13:161:16 PM–14:282:28 PMavoid
Cara14:282:28 PM–15:413:41 PMneutral
Lābha15:413:41 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Amṛta16:534:53 PM–18:066:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:066:06 PM–19:537:53 PMneutral
Roga19:537:53 PM–21:419:41 PMavoid
Kāla21:419:41 PM–23:2811:28 PMavoid
Lābha23:2811:28 PM–25:161:16 AM+1good
Udvega25:161:16 AM+1–27:033:03 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:033:03 AM+1–28:514:51 AM+1good
Amṛta28:514:51 AM+1–30:386:38 AM+1good
Cara30:386:38 AM+1–32:258:25 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:258:25 AM to 32:258:25 AM+1

08:258:25 AM sunrise18:066:06 PM sunsetsunrise 32:258:25 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 15:523:52 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāuntil 12:1812:18 PM
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 09:189:18 AM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 15:523:52 PM
Garauntil 29:135:13 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:389:38 AM–10:5010:50 AM
Abhijit 12:5612:56 PM–13:351:35 PM
Pradoṣa 18:066:06 PM–20:018:01 PM
Niśītha 24:5212:52 AM+1–25:401:40 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. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:5010:50 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. Pūrva PhalgunīNakṣatra: Maghā ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:351:35 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  7. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 9 h 41 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:018:01 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:401:40 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pañcamī15:523:52 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraMaghā12:1812:18 PMPūrva Phalgunī
YogaPrīti09:189:18 AMĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaTaitila15:523:52 PMGara
VāraSomavāra32:25 08:258:25 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 982
Day length
9 h 41 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
23:1511:15 PM
Moonset
11:2711:27 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:316:31 AM08:258:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:316:31 AM07:287:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:596:59 AM08:258:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:258:25 AM10:2110:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:359:35 AM11:2411:24 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:389:38 AM10:5010:50 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2110:21 AM12:1712:17 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5212:52 PM13:401:40 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5612:56 PM13:351:35 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:351:35 PM14:142:14 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:142:14 PM16:104:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:282:28 PM15:413:41 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:522:52 PM15:313:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:313:31 PM16:104:10 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:104:10 PM18:066:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:066:06 PM20:018:01 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:066:06 PM18:356:35 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:066:06 PM19:327:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:199:19 PM23:0811:08 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:5212:52 AM+125:401:40 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra32:098:09 AM+133:579:57 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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