Washington panchang, 29 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 21:17 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
07:18 to 17:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:23
- 08:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:14 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:24 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:24
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 00:12 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:02, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:27 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:14 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:23
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. 05:27 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:49 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:24 | Good |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:49 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 07:17 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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 09:20 Aquarius
- 09:20 – 10:33 Pisces
- 10:33 – 11:57 Aries
- 11:57 – 13:47 Taurus
- 13:47 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 18:34 Cancer
- 18:34 – 21:04 Leo
- 21:04 – 23:32 Virgo
- 23:32 – 02:03 next day Libra
- 02:03 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:28 next day Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 07:17 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