Thursday 4 December 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Guruvāra. Pañcamī began at 07:427:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:216:21 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:098:09 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5811:58 AM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 47 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
08:098:09 AM to 32:108:10 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 | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Fri | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 14:402:40 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 11:5811:58 AM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 19:037:03 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 32:10 08:108:10 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:166:16 AM | 08:098:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:166:16 AM | 07:127:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:446:44 AM | 08:098:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:098:09 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:098:09 AM | 09:239:23 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:258:25 AM | 09:599:59 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0710:07 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3610:36 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:022:02 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:162:16 PM | 15:303:30 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:412:41 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:203:20 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 17:575:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:575:57 PM | 19:507:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:575:57 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:575:57 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:336:33 PM | 20:068:06 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 25:271:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:503:50 AM+1 | 29:235:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |