Washington panchang, 23 February 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 17:11 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
06:50 to 17:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:30
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:55 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:52 to 06:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:30 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 08:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:03 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:15, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:55 Moon enters Leo
- 18:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:03 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:36
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:55 – 18:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:30
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 08:55
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:55 – 06:49 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. 05:06 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 08:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:50 – 08:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:49 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
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 06:27 Capricorn
- 06:27 – 07:42 Aquarius
- 07:42 – 08:55 Pisces
- 08:55 – 10:19 Aries
- 10:19 – 12:09 Taurus
- 12:09 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:56 Cancer
- 16:56 – 19:25 Leo
- 19:25 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 00:24 next day Libra
- 00:24 – 02:49 next day Scorpio
- 02:49 – 04:50 next day Sagittarius
- 04:50 – 06:23 next day Capricorn
- 06:23 – 06:49 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