Washington panchang, 31 October 2023
Sunrise 07:35 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 20:00 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
07:35 to 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:41 – 10:23
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 12:51 – 14:10
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 16:48
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:07 to 07:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:48 – 06:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 06:41 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Rohini until 18:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 04:36 next day
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 23:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 06:41 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:41 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 16:48
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. 05:47 – 06:41
- 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 18:07 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:35 – 12:00
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:35 – 08:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:32 – 12:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:51 – 14:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:10 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 23:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:10 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:52 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:36 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
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 09:00 Libra
- 09:00 – 11:25 Scorpio
- 11:25 – 13:26 Sagittarius
- 13:26 – 14:59 Capricorn
- 14:59 – 16:14 Aquarius
- 16:14 – 17:27 Pisces
- 17:27 – 18:51 Aries
- 18:51 – 20:41 Taurus
- 20:41 – 22:58 Gemini
- 22:58 – 01:28 next day Cancer
- 01:28 – 03:57 next day Leo
- 03:57 – 06:26 next day Virgo
- 06:26 – 07:36 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