Washington panchang, 18 May 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:15 Moonrise 15:43 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
05:53 to 20:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:40
- 14:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
20:15 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:15 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 01:53 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:08, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:53 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:40
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 14:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:53 – 05:53 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. 04:36 – 05:15
- 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 20:15 – 22:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 14:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:17 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:28 – 20:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:15 – 21:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 07:34 Taurus
- 07:34 – 09:52 Gemini
- 09:52 – 12:22 Cancer
- 12:22 – 14:51 Leo
- 14:51 – 17:20 Virgo
- 17:20 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:41 next day Aries
- 05:41 – 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