Washington panchang, 12 March 2024
Sunrise 07:24 Sunset 19:11 Moonrise 08:39 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
07:24 to 19:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:32
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:54 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:14 – 17:43
- 08:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:59 Moon enters Aries
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
19:11 to 07:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:11 – 21:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:45 – 06:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 18:34
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:59 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 18:37
- Karana Taitila until 08:05, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:59 Moon enters Aries
- 18:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 18:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:14 – 17:43
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. 05:46 – 06:35
- 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 19:11 – 21:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:24 – 18:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 10:59 – 07:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:59 – 07:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:59 – 07:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:43 | Good |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:22 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
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:46 – 06:16 Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:31 Aquarius
- 07:31 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 11:58 Taurus
- 11:58 – 14:15 Gemini
- 14:15 – 16:45 Cancer
- 16:45 – 19:15 Leo
- 19:15 – 21:43 Virgo
- 21:43 – 00:14 next day Libra
- 00:14 – 02:38 next day Scorpio
- 02:38 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 06:12 next day Capricorn
- 06:12 – 07:22 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