Washington panchang, 29 October 2023
Sunrise 07:33 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 18:39 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
07:33 to 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 12:51 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 15:30 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:10
- 10:30 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:10 to 07:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:58 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 19:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:30
- Karana Kaulava until 14:23, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:30 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:11 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:58 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:30 – 08:02 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:33 – 19:11
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. 05:46 – 06:39
- 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 18:10 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:33 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:52 – 10:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:12 – 11:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:31 – 12:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:51 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:11 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 23:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:11 – 00:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:34 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
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:38 Virgo
- 06:38 – 09:08 Libra
- 09:08 – 11:33 Scorpio
- 11:33 – 13:34 Sagittarius
- 13:34 – 15:07 Capricorn
- 15:07 – 16:22 Aquarius
- 16:22 – 17:35 Pisces
- 17:35 – 18:59 Aries
- 18:59 – 20:49 Taurus
- 20:49 – 23:06 Gemini
- 23:06 – 01:36 next day Cancer
- 01:36 – 04:05 next day Leo
- 04:05 – 06:34 next day Virgo
- 06:34 – 07:34 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