Washington panchang, 21 November 2023
Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 16:49 Moonrise 13:50 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
06:58 to 16:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:21 – 15:35
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:49 to 06:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:49 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:10
- Karana Kaulava until 14:40, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:10 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:28 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 04:15 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:15 – 05:27 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:58 – 09:31
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:31 – 06:59 next day
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. 05:05 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:49 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:31 – 06:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:12 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:21 – 15:35 | Good |
| Rog | 15:35 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:21 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:08 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:59 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
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:38 Libra
- 06:38 – 09:02 Scorpio
- 09:02 – 11:04 Sagittarius
- 11:04 – 12:36 Capricorn
- 12:36 – 13:52 Aquarius
- 13:52 – 15:04 Pisces
- 15:04 – 16:29 Aries
- 16:29 – 18:18 Taurus
- 18:18 – 20:36 Gemini
- 20:36 – 23:06 Cancer
- 23:06 – 01:35 next day Leo
- 01:35 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 06:34 next day Libra
- 06:34 – 06:59 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