Washington panchang, 29 November 2023
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 18:34 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
07:06 to 16:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:19 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:08
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
16:45 to 07:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 03:55 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:31 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 10:24
- Karana Vanija until 15:36, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:08
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. 05:12 – 06:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:38
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:19 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Char | 14:21 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:20 – 07:07 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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:12 – 06:06 Libra
- 06:06 – 08:31 Scorpio
- 08:31 – 10:32 Sagittarius
- 10:32 – 12:05 Capricorn
- 12:05 – 13:20 Aquarius
- 13:20 – 14:33 Pisces
- 14:33 – 15:57 Aries
- 15:57 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 22:34 Cancer
- 22:34 – 01:03 next day Leo
- 01:03 – 03:32 next day Virgo
- 03:32 – 06:03 next day Libra
- 06:03 – 07:07 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