Washington panchang, 19 May 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:16 Moonrise 16:42 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 20:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam 16:40 – 18:28
- Durmuhurta 18:21 – 19:19
- Rahu Kalam 18:28 – 20:16
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
20:16 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:16 – 22:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:29 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:39 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:27, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:46 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:21 – 19:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:28 – 20:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:39 – 03:05 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 – 05:14
- 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 20:16 – 22:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:53 – 17:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 17:46
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 11:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:16 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:16 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:40 – 05:52 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 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 19:04 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:41 Aries
- 05:41 – 07:30 Taurus
- 07:30 – 09:48 Gemini
- 09:48 – 12:18 Cancer
- 12:18 – 14:47 Leo
- 14:47 – 17:16 Virgo
- 17:16 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 01:45 next day Capricorn
- 01:45 – 03:00 next day Aquarius
- 03:00 – 04:13 next day Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:37 next day Aries
- 05:37 – 05:52 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