Washington panchang, 18 January 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 11:40 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
07:25 to 17:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:40 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:14
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:11 to 07:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:11 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 02:15 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:15, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:28 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:15 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:40 – 11:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:14
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. 05:31 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:25 – 16:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:28 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:38 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:31 – 14:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:45 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:58 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:58 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:24 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
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:16 Sagittarius
- 07:16 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:16 Pisces
- 11:16 – 12:41 Aries
- 12:41 – 14:30 Taurus
- 14:30 – 16:48 Gemini
- 16:48 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 21:47 Leo
- 21:47 – 00:15 next day Virgo
- 00:15 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 05:10 next day Scorpio
- 05:10 – 07:12 next day Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 07:24 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