Washington panchang, 11 May 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 08:31 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
06:00 to 20:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:37
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:09 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:34
- Nakshatra Ardra until 00:56 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:03
- Karana Vishti until 16:34, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:03 – 01:03 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. 04:41 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 20:09 – 22:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 00:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 16:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:18 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:18 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:31 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 05:59 next day | Good |
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
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 04:48 Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:12 Aries
- 06:12 – 08:02 Taurus
- 08:02 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:49 Cancer
- 12:49 – 15:19 Leo
- 15:19 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:18 Libra
- 20:18 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:43 next day Sagittarius
- 00:43 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 05:59 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