Washington panchang, 26 October 2023
Sunrise 07:29 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 17:13 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
07:29 to 18:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:10 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta 11:04 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:12 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:22 – 16:05
- 10:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:13 to 07:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:44 – 06:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:27
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 23:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 19:52
- Karana Kaulava until 10:50, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:54 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:10 – 11:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:04 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:22 – 16:05
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. 05:43 – 06:36
- 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 18:13 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:54 – 07:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:54 – 07:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:10 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Char | 11:31 – 12:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:51 – 14:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:12 – 15:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:32 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:13 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:53 – 21:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:33 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:30 next day | Good |
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
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:43 – 06:50 Virgo
- 06:50 – 09:20 Libra
- 09:20 – 11:45 Scorpio
- 11:45 – 13:46 Sagittarius
- 13:46 – 15:19 Capricorn
- 15:19 – 16:34 Aquarius
- 16:34 – 17:47 Pisces
- 17:47 – 19:11 Aries
- 19:11 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:18 Gemini
- 23:18 – 01:48 next day Cancer
- 01:48 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 06:46 next day Virgo
- 06:46 – 07:30 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