Washington panchang, 17 March 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 19:16 Moonrise 11:58 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
07:16 to 19:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:16 – 17:46
- Durmuhurta 17:40 – 18:28
- Rahu Kalam 17:46 – 19:16
- 07:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:16 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:16 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:39 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:35
- Karana Bava until 12:23, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:06 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:40 – 18:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:46 – 19:16
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. 05:40 – 06:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:52 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:16 – 21:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 11:25
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:46 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:46 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:45 – 07:15 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:40 – 05:56 Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:12 Aquarius
- 07:12 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 09:49 Aries
- 09:49 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:56 Gemini
- 13:56 – 16:26 Cancer
- 16:26 – 18:55 Leo
- 18:55 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:08 next day Aquarius
- 07:08 – 07:15 next day Pisces
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