Washington panchang, 23 May 2024
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 20:20 Moonrise 20:59 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
05:50 to 20:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:50 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 11:16
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:26
- 09:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:20 to 05:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:20 – 22:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:53
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 01:51 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:53, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 11:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:26
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. 04:34 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:20 – 22:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 00:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:50 – 09:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:50 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Char | 11:16 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 20:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:20 – 21:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:31 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:16 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 05:50 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:50 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:50 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:50 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:25 Aries
- 05:25 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:32 Gemini
- 09:32 – 12:02 Cancer
- 12:02 – 14:31 Leo
- 14:31 – 17:00 Virgo
- 17:00 – 19:31 Libra
- 19:31 – 21:55 Scorpio
- 21:55 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 02:44 next day Aquarius
- 02:44 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 05:21 next day Aries
- 05:21 – 05:49 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