Washington panchang, 19 January 2024
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 12:10 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
07:24 to 17:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 15:59
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:20 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:12 to 07:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:12 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:22 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:22
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:20 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 00:35 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:22, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:20 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:22 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 15:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:20 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:18 – 16:23
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 17:12 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:24 – 07:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:24 – 08:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:38 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Char | 15:59 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:12 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:59 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:24 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
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:12 Pisces
- 11:12 – 12:37 Aries
- 12:37 – 14:26 Taurus
- 14:26 – 16:44 Gemini
- 16:44 – 19:14 Cancer
- 19:14 – 21:43 Leo
- 21:43 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 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