Washington panchang, 24 January 2024
Sunrise 07:22 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 16:12 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 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:34
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:16 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:18 to 07:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:01 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:20
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 21:46 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 21:01
- Karana Vanija until 11:20, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:16 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:01 Yoga becomes Priti
- 21:46 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:16 – 00:04 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. 05:29 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:01 – 21:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:21 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 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:52 Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 08:25 Capricorn
- 08:25 – 09:40 Aquarius
- 09:40 – 10:53 Pisces
- 10:53 – 12:17 Aries
- 12:17 – 14:07 Taurus
- 14:07 – 16:24 Gemini
- 16:24 – 18:54 Cancer
- 18:54 – 21:23 Leo
- 21:23 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 02:22 next day Libra
- 02:22 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:48 next day Sagittarius
- 06:48 – 07:21 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