Washington panchang, 15 February 2024
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 10:11 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
07:01 to 17:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam 09:41 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:35
- 10:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:43 to 06:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:13 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:25
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:16 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 04:47 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:59, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:13 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:35
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. 05:14 – 06:07
- 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 17:43 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:21 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:41 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:22 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:23 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:20 – 06:59 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
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:26 Sagittarius
- 05:26 – 06:58 Capricorn
- 06:58 – 08:14 Aquarius
- 08:14 – 09:26 Pisces
- 09:26 – 10:50 Aries
- 10:50 – 12:40 Taurus
- 12:40 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 17:27 Cancer
- 17:27 – 19:57 Leo
- 19:57 – 22:25 Virgo
- 22:25 – 00:56 next day Libra
- 00:56 – 03:20 next day Scorpio
- 03:20 – 05:22 next day Sagittarius
- 05:22 – 06:54 next day Capricorn
- 06:54 – 06:59 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