Washington panchang, 26 January 2024
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 18:18 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
07:20 to 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:05
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:20 to 07:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:50
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 21:38
- Karana Kaulava until 14:50, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:38 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:05
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 02:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 07:20 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. 05:28 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:20 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:20 – 14:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:20 – 08:35 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:35 – 09:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:50 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Char | 16:05 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:05 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:20 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
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:44 Sagittarius
- 06:44 – 08:17 Capricorn
- 08:17 – 09:32 Aquarius
- 09:32 – 10:45 Pisces
- 10:45 – 12:09 Aries
- 12:09 – 13:59 Taurus
- 13:59 – 16:16 Gemini
- 16:16 – 18:46 Cancer
- 18:46 – 21:15 Leo
- 21:15 – 23:44 Virgo
- 23:44 – 02:14 next day Libra
- 02:14 – 04:39 next day Scorpio
- 04:39 – 06:40 next day Sagittarius
- 06:40 – 07:20 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