Washington panchang, 3 February 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 01:20 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
07:14 to 17:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 14:56
- 14:34 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:30 to 07:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 07:20 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:42 next day
- Karana Taitila until 19:12, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:34 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:50 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:42 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 14:56
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 17:30 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:14 – 07:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 02:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:04 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:47 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:13 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
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:55 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 06:13 Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 07:45 Capricorn
- 07:45 – 09:01 Aquarius
- 09:01 – 10:13 Pisces
- 10:13 – 11:38 Aries
- 11:38 – 13:27 Taurus
- 13:27 – 15:45 Gemini
- 15:45 – 18:15 Cancer
- 18:15 – 20:44 Leo
- 20:44 – 23:13 Virgo
- 23:13 – 01:43 next day Libra
- 01:43 – 04:08 next day Scorpio
- 04:08 – 06:09 next day Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 07:13 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