Washington panchang, 11 March 2024
Sunrise 07:25 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 08:13 Phalguna month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:25 to 19:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:22
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:41
- Durmuhurta 13:41 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta 16:02 – 16:49
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
19:10 to 07:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:46 – 06:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 21:43
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 22:23
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 21:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 21:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:41 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:02 – 16:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:44 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:48 – 12:39
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. 05:47 – 06:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:54 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:10 – 21:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:10 | Good |
| Char | 19:10 – 20:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:42 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:20 – 05:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:52 – 07:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:47 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 07:35 Aquarius
- 07:35 – 08:48 Pisces
- 08:48 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:02 Taurus
- 12:02 – 14:19 Gemini
- 14:19 – 16:49 Cancer
- 16:49 – 19:18 Leo
- 19:18 – 21:47 Virgo
- 21:47 – 00:18 next day Libra
- 00:18 – 02:42 next day Scorpio
- 02:42 – 04:43 next day Sagittarius
- 04:43 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:24 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 EDT (UTC-4) · Method