Washington panchang, 6 May 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:04 Moonrise 05:02 Chaitra month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 20:04- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:16
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:13 Moon enters Aries
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
20:04 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 20:04 – 22:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 02:11 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:13 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 14:58
- Karana Vishti until 15:40, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:13 Moon enters Aries
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:10 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:16
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. 04:45 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:04 – 22:04
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 20:04 | Good |
| Char | 20:04 – 21:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:32 Aries
- 06:32 – 08:22 Taurus
- 08:22 – 10:39 Gemini
- 10:39 – 13:09 Cancer
- 13:09 – 15:38 Leo
- 15:38 – 18:07 Virgo
- 18:07 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 23:02 Scorpio
- 23:02 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 03:51 next day Aquarius
- 03:51 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:04 next day Aries
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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method