Washington panchang, 20 February 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 14:04 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
06:54 to 17:49- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 09:38 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:22 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:27
- 12:09 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:49 to 06:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 00:58 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:47 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 01:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:09, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:09 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:14 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:27
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. 05:09 – 06:02
- 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 17:49 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:58 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Char | 09:38 – 11:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:00 – 12:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:22 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:49 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:59 – 03:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:37 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:39 Capricorn
- 06:39 – 07:54 Aquarius
- 07:54 – 09:07 Pisces
- 09:07 – 10:31 Aries
- 10:31 – 12:20 Taurus
- 12:20 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 17:08 Cancer
- 17:08 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 22:06 Virgo
- 22:06 – 00:36 next day Libra
- 00:36 – 03:01 next day Scorpio
- 03:01 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
- 05:02 – 06:35 next day Capricorn
- 06:35 – 06:53 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