Washington panchang, 12 May 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 20:10 Moonrise 09:33 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
05:59 to 20:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:51
- Gulika Kalam 16:37 – 18:24
- Durmuhurta 18:16 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam 18:24 – 20:10
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:35 Moon enters Cancer
Night
20:10 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:10 – 22:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:34
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:53 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 22:11
- Karana Balava until 16:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:35 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:16 – 19:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:24 – 20:10
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:11 – 00:35 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. 04:40 – 05:19
- 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 20:10 – 22:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:53 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:53 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 11:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:18 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 20:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 23:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:50 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:44 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:44 Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:08 Aries
- 06:08 – 07:58 Taurus
- 07:58 – 10:15 Gemini
- 10:15 – 12:45 Cancer
- 12:45 – 15:15 Leo
- 15:15 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:38 Scorpio
- 22:38 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 05:58 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