Washington panchang, 14 March 2024
Sunrise 07:21 Sunset 19:13 Moonrise 09:41 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
07:21 to 19:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:18 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:53 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:03 – 16:51
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:13 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:13 – 21:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:42 – 06:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:56
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:25 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:29
- Karana Balava until 13:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:18 – 12:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:18 – 12:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:29 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:03 – 16:51
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 07:19 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. 05:44 – 06:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:53 – 13:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:13 – 21:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:21 – 13:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:25 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:13 – 20:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:44 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:45 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:48 – 07:19 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
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:44 – 06:08 Capricorn
- 06:08 – 07:23 Aquarius
- 07:23 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:00 Aries
- 10:00 – 11:50 Taurus
- 11:50 – 14:07 Gemini
- 14:07 – 16:37 Cancer
- 16:37 – 19:07 Leo
- 19:07 – 21:35 Virgo
- 21:35 – 00:06 next day Libra
- 00:06 – 02:30 next day Scorpio
- 02:30 – 04:31 next day Sagittarius
- 04:31 – 06:04 next day Capricorn
- 06:04 – 07:19 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