Washington panchang, 29 May 2024
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 20:24 Moonrise 01:16 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
05:47 to 20:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:36 – 13:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:55
- 10:36 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:24 to 05:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:24 – 22:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:01 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 14:03
- Karana Vishti until 15:13, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:36 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:36 – 15:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:03 – 11:22 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:47 – 22:01
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. 04:31 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:36 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:24 – 22:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:47 – 22:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 02:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:47 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:24 – 21:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:34 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:02 Aries
- 05:02 – 06:51 Taurus
- 06:51 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:39 Cancer
- 11:39 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 16:36 Virgo
- 16:36 – 19:07 Libra
- 19:07 – 21:31 Scorpio
- 21:31 – 23:33 Sagittarius
- 23:33 – 01:05 next day Capricorn
- 01:05 – 02:21 next day Aquarius
- 02:21 – 03:33 next day Pisces
- 03:33 – 04:58 next day Aries
- 04:58 – 05:46 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