Washington panchang, 27 February 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 21:07 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
06:45 to 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 09:33 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:21 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:33
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 06:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 06:46 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:23, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:54 – 08:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:55 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 00:47 – 03:03 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. 05:02 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:45 – 15:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:45 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Char | 09:33 – 10:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:57 – 12:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:21 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:32 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:20 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:56 – 03:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:32 – 05:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:07 – 06:43 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
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:11 Capricorn
- 06:11 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 08:39 Pisces
- 08:39 – 10:03 Aries
- 10:03 – 11:53 Taurus
- 11:53 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:40 Cancer
- 16:40 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 21:38 Virgo
- 21:38 – 00:09 next day Libra
- 00:09 – 02:33 next day Scorpio
- 02:33 – 04:34 next day Sagittarius
- 04:34 – 06:07 next day Capricorn
- 06:07 – 06:43 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