Washington panchang, 13 November 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:54 Moonrise 15:26 Kartika month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 16:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:07
- 12:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:41 Moon enters Aries
Night
16:54 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:54 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:13
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 00:59 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:41 Moon enters Aries
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:59 – 20:59 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 16:41
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:41 – 06:51 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. 04:59 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:54 – 19:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:41 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:23 | Bad |
| Char | 14:23 – 15:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:38 – 16:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:23 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:06 Libra
- 07:06 – 09:31 Scorpio
- 09:31 – 11:32 Sagittarius
- 11:32 – 13:05 Capricorn
- 13:05 – 14:20 Aquarius
- 14:20 – 15:33 Pisces
- 15:33 – 16:57 Aries
- 16:57 – 18:47 Taurus
- 18:47 – 21:04 Gemini
- 21:04 – 23:34 Cancer
- 23:34 – 02:03 next day Leo
- 02:03 – 04:32 next day Virgo
- 04:32 – 06:51 next day Libra
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 EST (UTC-5) · Method