Washington panchang, 2 February 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 00:16 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 17:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:12
Night
17:28 to 07:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 06:51 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 02:21 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 18:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:51 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 06:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:04 – 13:17
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. 05:24 – 06:19
- 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 17:28 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:48 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:28 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:30 – 07:14 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
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:17 Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 07:49 Capricorn
- 07:49 – 09:05 Aquarius
- 09:05 – 10:17 Pisces
- 10:17 – 11:42 Aries
- 11:42 – 13:31 Taurus
- 13:31 – 15:49 Gemini
- 15:49 – 18:19 Cancer
- 18:19 – 20:48 Leo
- 20:48 – 23:16 Virgo
- 23:16 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 04:11 next day Scorpio
- 04:11 – 06:13 next day Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 07:14 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