Washington panchang, 3 March 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 01:21 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
06:37 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 18:02
- 06:54 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:02 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:19
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:51 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 06:54
- Karana Balava until 10:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:54 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:35 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:51 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:54 – 08:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:02
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 05:51 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. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:51 – 06:36 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:36 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:51 Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:07 Aquarius
- 07:07 – 08:19 Pisces
- 08:19 – 09:44 Aries
- 09:44 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:51 Gemini
- 13:51 – 16:21 Cancer
- 16:21 – 18:50 Leo
- 18:50 – 21:19 Virgo
- 21:19 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:15 next day Sagittarius
- 04:15 – 05:47 next day Capricorn
- 05:47 – 06:36 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