Washington panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 00:25 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 16:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:50 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:38 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:03
- 11:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
16:57 to 07:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Moon enters Libra
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:35
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:19 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:18
- Karana Kaulava until 11:35, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:16 Moon enters Libra
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:38 – 11:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:03
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. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:50 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 16:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:57 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:28 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
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:11 Pisces
- 12:11 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:43 Gemini
- 17:43 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 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