Washington panchang, 15 January 2024
Sunrise 07:26 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 10:23 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 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:12
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:08 to 07:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:47
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 19:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 12:40
- Karana Balava until 15:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 14:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:40 – 23:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:12
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) 11:58 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:40 – 07:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:26 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 07:27 Sagittarius
- 07:27 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 10:15 Aquarius
- 10:15 – 11:28 Pisces
- 11:28 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 14:42 Taurus
- 14:42 – 16:59 Gemini
- 16:59 – 19:29 Cancer
- 19:29 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:23 next day Sagittarius
- 07:23 – 07:26 next day Capricorn
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