Washington panchang, 23 October 2023
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 15:50 Ashwin month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:26 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 11:30 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 13:13 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:07
- 07:44 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 08:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:17 to 07:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:15
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:44 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 09:22
- Karana Kaulava until 08:15, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:44 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 08:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:22 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:52 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:09
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:22 – 11:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:13 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:07
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:41 – 06:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:26 – 07:44
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:26 – 07:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:26 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:30 | Good |
| Rog | 11:30 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:34 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:35 – 23:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:13 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:31 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:49 – 07:27 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:41 – 07:01 Virgo
- 07:01 – 09:32 Libra
- 09:32 – 11:56 Scorpio
- 11:56 – 13:58 Sagittarius
- 13:58 – 15:30 Capricorn
- 15:30 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:12 Taurus
- 21:12 – 23:30 Gemini
- 23:30 – 02:00 next day Cancer
- 02:00 – 04:29 next day Leo
- 04:29 – 06:58 next day Virgo
- 06:58 – 07:27 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method