Washington panchang, 1 January 2024
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:55 Moonrise 22:28 Margashirsha 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
07:28 to 16:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:01
Night
16:55 to 07:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 16:55 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 06:41 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:12 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:05
- Karana Gara until 17:19, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:41 – 07:58 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. 05:31 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:55 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:12 – 07:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:44 – 16:55 | Good |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:44 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:33 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:22 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:00 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:23 Pisces
- 12:23 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 20:24 Cancer
- 20:24 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 07:28 next day Sagittarius
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