Washington panchang, 14 May 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 20:12 Moonrise 11:43 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
05:57 to 20:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:45
- Yamaganda 09:31 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:51
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:25
- 06:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:12 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 20:12 – 22:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:55 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:49
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:55 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:11
- Karana Gara until 06:00, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:55 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 11:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:49 – 05:55 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:55 – 07:48 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 19:55 – 22:07
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. 04:39 – 05:18
- 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 20:12 – 22:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 05:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:49 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:57 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:44 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Char | 09:31 – 11:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:17 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:25 | Good |
| Rog | 18:25 – 20:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:12 – 21:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:04 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:17 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowMars
- 07:08 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:01 Aries
- 06:01 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 10:08 Gemini
- 10:08 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:30 Scorpio
- 22:30 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 03:20 next day Aquarius
- 03:20 – 04:32 next day Pisces
- 04:32 – 05:56 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