Washington panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:06 Moonrise 06:05 Vaishakha 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
06:03 to 20:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 11:19 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:50
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:06 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:06 – 22:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:10
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:50
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:11 – 07:35 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. 04:43 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:06 – 22:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 02:25 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:03 – 02:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:51 – 06:02 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:25 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:19 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:21 – 20:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:24 Aries
- 06:24 – 08:14 Taurus
- 08:14 – 10:31 Gemini
- 10:31 – 13:01 Cancer
- 13:01 – 15:30 Leo
- 15:30 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:54 Scorpio
- 22:54 – 00:55 next day Sagittarius
- 00:55 – 02:28 next day Capricorn
- 02:28 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 04:56 next day Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:02 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