Washington panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 08:46 Pausha 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
07:27 to 17:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:04 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 15:53
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:05 to 07:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:19 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 23:43
- Karana Balava until 14:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 15:53
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 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:27 – 02:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:27 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:04 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:27 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
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 10:27 Aquarius
- 10:27 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:04 Aries
- 13:04 – 14:54 Taurus
- 14:54 – 17:11 Gemini
- 17:11 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 07:27 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