Washington panchang, 19 November 2023
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 12:52 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
06:56 to 16:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:21 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta 15:31 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam 15:36 – 16:50
- 07:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
16:50 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:52
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:57
- Karana Gara until 07:53, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:18 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:57 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:31 – 16:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:36 – 16:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:37 – 05:49 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 15:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:13 – 16:12
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. 05:03 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:21 | Good |
| Rog | 14:21 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:36 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:36 – 20:22 | Good |
| Char | 20:22 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:11 – 06:57 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
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:46 Libra
- 06:46 – 09:10 Scorpio
- 09:10 – 11:11 Sagittarius
- 11:11 – 12:44 Capricorn
- 12:44 – 14:00 Aquarius
- 14:00 – 15:12 Pisces
- 15:12 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:26 Taurus
- 18:26 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 23:13 Cancer
- 23:13 – 01:43 next day Leo
- 01:43 – 04:11 next day Virgo
- 04:11 – 06:42 next day Libra
- 06:42 – 06:57 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