Washington panchang, 12 February 2024
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 08:49 Magha 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
07:04 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:24 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:33
- 07:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:06 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:40 to 07:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:05 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 16:06
- Karana Gara until 07:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:06 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:40 – 04:12 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. 05:17 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:04 – 02:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:24 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:43 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:01 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:42 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:23 – 07:03 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
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 05:37 Sagittarius
- 05:37 – 07:10 Capricorn
- 07:10 – 08:25 Aquarius
- 08:25 – 09:38 Pisces
- 09:38 – 11:02 Aries
- 11:02 – 12:52 Taurus
- 12:52 – 15:09 Gemini
- 15:09 – 17:39 Cancer
- 17:39 – 20:09 Leo
- 20:09 – 22:37 Virgo
- 22:37 – 01:08 next day Libra
- 01:08 – 03:32 next day Scorpio
- 03:32 – 05:33 next day Sagittarius
- 05:33 – 07:03 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