Washington panchang, 27 November 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 16:46 Moonrise 03:35 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
07:05 to 16:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:18 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:08
- 07:37 Moon enters Libra
Night
16:46 to 07:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:46 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:11 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:31 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:54
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:31 next day
- Karana Taitila until 19:54, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:37 Moon enters Libra
- 19:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:31 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:18 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:08
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. 05:11 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:46 – 19:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:05 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:18 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Char | 14:20 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 16:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:21 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:19 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 06:11 Libra
- 06:11 – 08:36 Scorpio
- 08:36 – 10:37 Sagittarius
- 10:37 – 12:10 Capricorn
- 12:10 – 13:25 Aquarius
- 13:25 – 14:38 Pisces
- 14:38 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:39 Cancer
- 22:39 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 03:37 next day Virgo
- 03:37 – 06:07 next day Libra
- 06:07 – 07:06 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