Washington panchang, 20 November 2023
Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 13:23 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
06:57 to 16:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:51
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:46 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:49 to 06:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:46
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:04
- Karana Bava until 16:46, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:04 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:51
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. 05:04 – 06:00
- 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 16:49 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:35 – 16:49 | Good |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:21 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:12 – 06:58 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
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:42 Libra
- 06:42 – 09:06 Scorpio
- 09:06 – 11:08 Sagittarius
- 11:08 – 12:40 Capricorn
- 12:40 – 13:56 Aquarius
- 13:56 – 15:08 Pisces
- 15:08 – 16:33 Aries
- 16:33 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:40 Gemini
- 20:40 – 23:09 Cancer
- 23:09 – 01:39 next day Leo
- 01:39 – 04:07 next day Virgo
- 04:07 – 06:38 next day Libra
- 06:38 – 06:58 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