Washington panchang, 27 January 2024
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 19:19 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 17:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 14:51
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:21 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 05:22 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 22:20
- Karana Gara until 17:07, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:22 – 19:41 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 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:35 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:21 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:49 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:19 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:40 Sagittarius
- 06:40 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 09:28 Aquarius
- 09:28 – 10:41 Pisces
- 10:41 – 12:05 Aries
- 12:05 – 13:55 Taurus
- 13:55 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 18:42 Cancer
- 18:42 – 21:11 Leo
- 21:11 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 02:11 next day Libra
- 02:11 – 04:35 next day Scorpio
- 04:35 – 06:36 next day Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 07:19 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