Washington panchang, 27 October 2023
Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 17:39 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
07:30 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:39 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam 11:31 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 13:13 – 13:55
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 16:52
- 08:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:12 to 07:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:01 Moon enters Aries
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:47
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:01 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 16:31
- Karana Gara until 08:06, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:01 Moon enters Aries
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:39 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:31 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:13 – 13:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:31 – 17:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:47 – 22:01
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. 05:44 – 06:37
- 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 18:12 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:30 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:30 – 22:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:30 – 22:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:01 – 07:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:30 – 08:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:31 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:51 – 14:11 | Good |
| Rog | 14:11 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:32 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:46 Virgo
- 06:46 – 09:16 Libra
- 09:16 – 11:41 Scorpio
- 11:41 – 13:42 Sagittarius
- 13:42 – 15:15 Capricorn
- 15:15 – 16:30 Aquarius
- 16:30 – 17:43 Pisces
- 17:43 – 19:07 Aries
- 19:07 – 20:56 Taurus
- 20:56 – 23:14 Gemini
- 23:14 – 01:44 next day Cancer
- 01:44 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 06:42 next day Virgo
- 06:42 – 07:32 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