Washington panchang, 17 May 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 20:14 Moonrise 14:44 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
05:54 to 20:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam 11:17 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:30
- Yamaganda 16:39 – 18:27
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:34 Moon enters Virgo
Night
20:14 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:14 – 22:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 00:54 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:36, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 12:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:54 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:54 – 02:06 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. 04:37 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 11:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 11:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 05:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:53 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 11:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Char | 18:27 – 20:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:14 – 21:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:56 Gemini
- 09:56 – 12:26 Cancer
- 12:26 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 17:24 Virgo
- 17:24 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 01:53 next day Capricorn
- 01:53 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:45 next day Aries
- 05:45 – 05:53 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