Washington panchang, 28 October 2023
Sunrise 07:32 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 18:07 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
07:32 to 18:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:11 – 15:31
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:11 to 07:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:24
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:21
- Karana Bava until 16:24, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 16:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:31
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. 05:45 – 06:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:32 – 08:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:11 | Good |
| Rog | 10:11 – 11:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:31 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Char | 12:51 – 14:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:11 – 15:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:31 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:31 – 23:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:12 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:12 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:33 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
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:45 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 09:12 Libra
- 09:12 – 11:37 Scorpio
- 11:37 – 13:38 Sagittarius
- 13:38 – 15:11 Capricorn
- 15:11 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:03 Aries
- 19:03 – 20:53 Taurus
- 20:53 – 23:10 Gemini
- 23:10 – 01:40 next day Cancer
- 01:40 – 04:09 next day Leo
- 04:09 – 06:38 next day Virgo
- 06:38 – 07:33 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