Washington panchang, 21 November 2024
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 16:48 Moonrise 22:36 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
06:59 to 16:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:12
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta 14:11 – 14:50
Night
16:48 to 07:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:48 – 19:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 06:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:40 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 07:38 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:40 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 01:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:59, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:40 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:33 – 18:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:11 – 14:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:42 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:37 – 13:47
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. 05:05 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:48 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:59 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:12 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:21 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:21 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:13 – 07:00 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
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:35 Libra
- 06:35 – 09:00 Scorpio
- 09:00 – 11:01 Sagittarius
- 11:01 – 12:33 Capricorn
- 12:33 – 13:49 Aquarius
- 13:49 – 15:01 Pisces
- 15:01 – 16:26 Aries
- 16:26 – 18:15 Taurus
- 18:15 – 20:33 Gemini
- 20:33 – 23:03 Cancer
- 23:03 – 01:32 next day Leo
- 01:32 – 04:01 next day Virgo
- 04:01 – 06:31 next day Libra
- 06:31 – 07:00 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