Washington panchang, 16 February 2024
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 10:44 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
06:59 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:20 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:08 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 11:01 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:24
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:45 to 06:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 06:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 03:13 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:08 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:13 – 02:08 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. 05:13 – 06:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:16 – 06:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:59 – 08:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 11:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:01 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:01 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 05:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:19 – 06:58 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
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:22 Sagittarius
- 05:22 – 06:54 Capricorn
- 06:54 – 08:10 Aquarius
- 08:10 – 09:22 Pisces
- 09:22 – 10:47 Aries
- 10:47 – 12:36 Taurus
- 12:36 – 14:54 Gemini
- 14:54 – 17:23 Cancer
- 17:23 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 22:21 Virgo
- 22:21 – 00:52 next day Libra
- 00:52 – 03:16 next day Scorpio
- 03:16 – 05:18 next day Sagittarius
- 05:18 – 06:50 next day Capricorn
- 06:50 – 06:58 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