Washington panchang, 23 January 2024
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 15:11 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
07:22 to 17:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 09:51 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:20 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:03
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:09 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:17 to 07:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:17 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:42 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 10:09
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:09
- Karana Taitila until 10:09, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 10:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:56 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:09 – 22:21
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. 05:29 – 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 17:17 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 19:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:22 – 10:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:37 – 09:51 | Bad |
| Char | 09:51 – 11:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:05 – 12:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:20 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:03 | Good |
| Rog | 16:03 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:17 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:19 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:22 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
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:56 Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 09:44 Aquarius
- 09:44 – 10:57 Pisces
- 10:57 – 12:21 Aries
- 12:21 – 14:10 Taurus
- 14:10 – 16:28 Gemini
- 16:28 – 18:58 Cancer
- 18:58 – 21:27 Leo
- 21:27 – 23:56 Virgo
- 23:56 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
- 04:51 – 06:52 next day Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 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