Washington panchang, 26 May 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 20:22 Moonrise 23:58 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
05:48 to 20:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 13:05 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam 16:43 – 18:33
- Durmuhurta 18:25 – 19:24
- Rahu Kalam 18:33 – 20:22
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
20:22 to 05:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:22 – 22:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:36
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:43 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 21:06
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:25 – 19:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:33 – 20:22
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. 04:32 – 05:10
- 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 20:22 – 22:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:43 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 11:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:16 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:43 | Good |
| Rog | 16:43 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:22 – 21:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:33 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:05 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 07:03 Taurus
- 07:03 – 09:20 Gemini
- 09:20 – 11:50 Cancer
- 11:50 – 14:20 Leo
- 14:20 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 19:19 Libra
- 19:19 – 21:43 Scorpio
- 21:43 – 23:44 Sagittarius
- 23:44 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 02:33 next day Aquarius
- 02:33 – 03:45 next day Pisces
- 03:45 – 05:09 next day Aries
- 05:09 – 05:48 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