Washington panchang, 18 November 2024
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 16:50 Moonrise 19:14 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
06:55 to 16:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:10 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:12 – 14:51
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Bava
Night
16:50 to 06:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:50 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:25 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:26, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:12 – 14:51
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. 05:03 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:50 – 19:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:10 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:36 – 16:50 | Good |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:22 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:07 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:47 Libra
- 06:47 – 09:11 Scorpio
- 09:11 – 11:12 Sagittarius
- 11:12 – 12:45 Capricorn
- 12:45 – 14:01 Aquarius
- 14:01 – 15:13 Pisces
- 15:13 – 16:37 Aries
- 16:37 – 18:27 Taurus
- 18:27 – 20:44 Gemini
- 20:44 – 23:14 Cancer
- 23:14 – 01:44 next day Leo
- 01:44 – 04:12 next day Virgo
- 04:12 – 06:43 next day Libra
- 06:43 – 06:57 next day Scorpio
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