Washington panchang, 22 January 2024
Sunrise 07:23 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 14:15 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
07:23 to 17:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 09:51
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:17
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:16 to 07:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 09:22
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 21:34
- Karana Balava until 09:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 09:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:34 – 21:09 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. 05:30 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 20:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:23 – 18:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:23 – 18:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:28 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:37 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:51 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:47 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:36 – 07:22 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
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 08:33 Capricorn
- 08:33 – 09:48 Aquarius
- 09:48 – 11:01 Pisces
- 11:01 – 12:25 Aries
- 12:25 – 14:14 Taurus
- 14:14 – 16:32 Gemini
- 16:32 – 19:02 Cancer
- 19:02 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 06:56 next day Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 07:22 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