Washington panchang, 17 November 2023
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 16:51 Moonrise 11:27 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
06:54 to 16:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:37
- 11:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
16:51 to 06:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:51 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:30 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:48
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 18:30
- Karana Bava until 11:42, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:30 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:30 – 20:54
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. 05:01 – 05:57
- 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 16:51 – 19:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:47 – 06:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:48 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:55 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:54 Libra
- 06:54 – 09:18 Scorpio
- 09:18 – 11:19 Sagittarius
- 11:19 – 12:52 Capricorn
- 12:52 – 14:07 Aquarius
- 14:07 – 15:20 Pisces
- 15:20 – 16:44 Aries
- 16:44 – 18:34 Taurus
- 18:34 – 20:51 Gemini
- 20:51 – 23:21 Cancer
- 23:21 – 01:51 next day Leo
- 01:51 – 04:19 next day Virgo
- 04:19 – 06:50 next day Libra
- 06:50 – 06:55 next day Scorpio
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