Washington panchang, 13 January 2024
Sunrise 07:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 09:24 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 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:41
- 11:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:05 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:06 to 07:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:30
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 23:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 19:52
- Karana Taitila until 11:05, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:52 – 16:09 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. 05:32 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:30 – 07:26 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:52 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:27 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:04 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:41 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:26 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
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:34 Scorpio
- 05:34 – 07:35 Sagittarius
- 07:35 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 11:36 Pisces
- 11:36 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 14:50 Taurus
- 14:50 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:37 Cancer
- 19:37 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 05:30 next day Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:26 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