Washington panchang, 15 November 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 16:52 Moonrise 16:33 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
06:52 to 16:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:22 – 15:37
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:47 Moon enters Taurus
Night
16:52 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:52 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:28
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 17:03
- Karana Bava until 16:28, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:47 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:03 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:22 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:03 – 03:10 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. 05:00 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 16:52 – 19:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:28 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:22 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:22 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:23 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:59 Libra
- 06:59 – 09:23 Scorpio
- 09:23 – 11:24 Sagittarius
- 11:24 – 12:57 Capricorn
- 12:57 – 14:12 Aquarius
- 14:12 – 15:25 Pisces
- 15:25 – 16:49 Aries
- 16:49 – 18:39 Taurus
- 18:39 – 20:56 Gemini
- 20:56 – 23:26 Cancer
- 23:26 – 01:56 next day Leo
- 01:56 – 04:24 next day Virgo
- 04:24 – 06:53 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