Washington panchang, 14 February 2024
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 09:41 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
07:02 to 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:22 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:42
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:37 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:42 to 07:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 23:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:43
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 09:28
- Karana Kaulava until 12:37, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 12:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 23:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:52 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:22 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:42
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:02 – 22:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:51 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:52 – 12:50
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:56 – 07:01 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. 05:15 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:42 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:02 – 22:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:43 – 07:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:22 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:21 – 07:01 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
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 05:29 Sagittarius
- 05:29 – 07:02 Capricorn
- 07:02 – 08:18 Aquarius
- 08:18 – 09:30 Pisces
- 09:30 – 10:54 Aries
- 10:54 – 12:44 Taurus
- 12:44 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:31 Cancer
- 17:31 – 20:01 Leo
- 20:01 – 22:29 Virgo
- 22:29 – 01:00 next day Libra
- 01:00 – 03:24 next day Scorpio
- 03:24 – 05:26 next day Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 06:58 next day Capricorn
- 06:58 – 07:01 next day Aquarius
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