Washington panchang, 16 May 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 13:46 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
05:55 to 20:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta 10:41 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:22
- 08:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:14 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:19
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 23:50
- Karana Balava until 10:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:41 – 11:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:22
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. 04:37 – 05:16
- 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 20:14 – 22:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:44 – 05:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:19 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Char | 11:17 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 20:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:14 – 21:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:26 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:42 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:53 Aries
- 05:53 – 07:42 Taurus
- 07:42 – 10:00 Gemini
- 10:00 – 12:30 Cancer
- 12:30 – 14:59 Leo
- 14:59 – 17:28 Virgo
- 17:28 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 05:49 next day Aries
- 05:49 – 05:54 next day Taurus
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