Washington panchang, 16 November 2023
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 10:31 Kartika month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 16:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:52
- 13:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
16:52 to 06:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:05
- Karana Vanija until 13:21, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:05 – 23:05
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. 05:00 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:52 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 15:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:33 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:22 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:37 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:37 – 20:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:22 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:54 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
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:58 Libra
- 06:58 – 09:22 Scorpio
- 09:22 – 11:23 Sagittarius
- 11:23 – 12:56 Capricorn
- 12:56 – 14:11 Aquarius
- 14:11 – 15:24 Pisces
- 15:24 – 16:48 Aries
- 16:48 – 18:38 Taurus
- 18:38 – 20:55 Gemini
- 20:55 – 23:25 Cancer
- 23:25 – 01:55 next day Leo
- 01:55 – 04:23 next day Virgo
- 04:23 – 06:54 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 EST (UTC-5) · Method