Washington panchang, 14 January 2024
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 09:55 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
07:26 to 17:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:07
- 07:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:07 to 07:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:29
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:36 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:09
- Karana Vanija until 07:58, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:58 – 18:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:07
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 17:07 – 19:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:26 – 21:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:39 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:31 Sagittarius
- 07:31 – 09:04 Capricorn
- 09:04 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 12:56 Aries
- 12:56 – 14:46 Taurus
- 14:46 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 22:03 Leo
- 22:03 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 03:02 next day Libra
- 03:02 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 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