Washington panchang, 5 March 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 03:28 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
06:35 to 18:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:38
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:04 to 06:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:21 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:02 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:53, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:38 – 01:02 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:38
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:21 – 06:33 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. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:53 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:04 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:33 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
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:43 Capricorn
- 05:43 – 06:59 Aquarius
- 06:59 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:25 Taurus
- 11:25 – 13:43 Gemini
- 13:43 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 18:42 Leo
- 18:42 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:41 Libra
- 23:41 – 02:06 next day Scorpio
- 02:06 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:33 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