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