Washington panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:56 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:23
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
16:56 to 07:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:56 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:18
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:50
- Karana Bava until 09:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:50 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:50 – 22:14
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 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:28 – 07:03 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:28 – 09:18
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Char | 14:34 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 16:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:03 Aquarius
- 11:03 – 12:15 Pisces
- 12:15 – 13:40 Aries
- 13:40 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:47 Gemini
- 17:47 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 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