Washington panchang, 19 March 2024
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 19:18 Moonrise 13:59 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
07:13 to 19:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:38 – 10:26
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:47
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:18 to 07:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:18 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:36 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:30 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:52, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:38 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:49 – 16:53 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. 05:38 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:18 – 21:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:13 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:44 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:47 | Good |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:44 – 04:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:13 – 05:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:11 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
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:38 – 05:48 Capricorn
- 05:48 – 07:04 Aquarius
- 07:04 – 08:16 Pisces
- 08:16 – 09:41 Aries
- 09:41 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:48 Gemini
- 13:48 – 16:18 Cancer
- 16:18 – 18:47 Leo
- 18:47 – 21:16 Virgo
- 21:16 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:45 next day Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:00 next day Aquarius
- 07:00 – 07:11 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