Washington panchang, 1 February 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:27 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
07:15 to 17:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:48 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:39 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:25
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:27 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:33 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 02:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:38, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:19 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:39 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:24 – 04:48 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. 05:25 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:15 – 17:19
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:32 – 09:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:48 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:11 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:11 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:04 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:48 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:21 Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 07:53 Capricorn
- 07:53 – 09:09 Aquarius
- 09:09 – 10:21 Pisces
- 10:21 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 13:35 Taurus
- 13:35 – 15:53 Gemini
- 15:53 – 18:22 Cancer
- 18:22 – 20:52 Leo
- 20:52 – 23:20 Virgo
- 23:20 – 01:51 next day Libra
- 01:51 – 04:15 next day Scorpio
- 04:15 – 06:17 next day Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 07:15 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