Washington panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 19:17 Moonrise 12:57 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
07:15 to 19:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:15
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Durmuhurta 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:53
- 08:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:17 to 07:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:17 – 21:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:38 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 07:06 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:19
- Nakshatra Ardra until 08:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:06 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 13:19, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:07 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 07:06 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:40 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:06 – 09:30 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. 05:39 – 06:27
- 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 19:17 – 21:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:40 – 07:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:45 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:47 – 19:17 | Good |
| Char | 19:17 – 20:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:43 – 07:13 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:39 – 05:52 Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 08:20 Pisces
- 08:20 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:52 Gemini
- 13:52 – 16:22 Cancer
- 16:22 – 18:51 Leo
- 18:51 – 21:20 Virgo
- 21:20 – 23:50 Libra
- 23:50 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 05:48 next day Capricorn
- 05:48 – 07:04 next day Aquarius
- 07:04 – 07:13 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