Washington panchang, 30 October 2023
Sunrise 07:34 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 19:16 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
07:34 to 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:12
- Yamaganda 11:32 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 13:12 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:10 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:01
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:08 to 07:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:47 – 06:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 12:53
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:02
- Karana Gara until 12:53, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:03 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:32 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:12 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:03 – 17:19 next day
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 – 06:40
- 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 18:08 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:30 – 07:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:34 – 08:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:12 – 11:32 | Good |
| Rog | 11:32 – 12:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:51 – 14:10 | Bad |
| Char | 14:10 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 23:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:11 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:54 – 07:35 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
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:34 Virgo
- 06:34 – 09:04 Libra
- 09:04 – 11:29 Scorpio
- 11:29 – 13:30 Sagittarius
- 13:30 – 15:03 Capricorn
- 15:03 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 17:31 Pisces
- 17:31 – 18:55 Aries
- 18:55 – 20:45 Taurus
- 20:45 – 23:02 Gemini
- 23:02 – 01:32 next day Cancer
- 01:32 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 06:30 next day Virgo
- 06:30 – 07:35 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