Washington panchang, 22 November 2023
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 14:16 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
06:59 to 16:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:07
- 08:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
16:48 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 12:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 01:23 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:34, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:23 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 06:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:32 – 10:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 07:00 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. 05:06 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 16:48 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:59 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 16:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:35 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:34 Libra
- 06:34 – 08:59 Scorpio
- 08:59 – 11:00 Sagittarius
- 11:00 – 12:32 Capricorn
- 12:32 – 13:48 Aquarius
- 13:48 – 15:00 Pisces
- 15:00 – 16:25 Aries
- 16:25 – 18:14 Taurus
- 18:14 – 20:32 Gemini
- 20:32 – 23:02 Cancer
- 23:02 – 01:31 next day Leo
- 01:31 – 04:00 next day Virgo
- 04:00 – 06:30 next day Libra
- 06:30 – 07:00 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