Washington panchang, 29 February 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 23:09 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
06:42 to 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:31 – 10:56
- Durmuhurta 10:27 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:43
- 06:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:25 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:59 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:52
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:18 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:25
- Karana Kaulava until 06:54, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:25 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:27 – 11:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:43
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. 05:00 – 05:51
- 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 17:59 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:18 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:31 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Char | 10:56 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:30 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:40 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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 07:19 Aquarius
- 07:19 – 08:31 Pisces
- 08:31 – 09:55 Aries
- 09:55 – 11:45 Taurus
- 11:45 – 14:02 Gemini
- 14:02 – 16:32 Cancer
- 16:32 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 21:30 Virgo
- 21:30 – 00:01 next day Libra
- 00:01 – 02:25 next day Scorpio
- 02:25 – 04:27 next day Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 05:59 next day Capricorn
- 05:59 – 06:40 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