Washington panchang, 2 January 2024
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:56 Moonrise 23:27 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 16:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 09:50 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:45
- 07:58 Moon enters Virgo
Night
16:56 to 07:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:18 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 04:16 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:02
- Karana Vishti until 20:01, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:58 Moon enters Virgo
- 19:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:41 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:45
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) 11:53 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:56 – 19:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:28 – 04:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:39 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Char | 09:50 – 11:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:01 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:45 | Good |
| Rog | 15:45 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 12:19 Pisces
- 12:19 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 01:18 next day Virgo
- 01:18 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 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