Washington panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:19 Moonrise 15:02 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
07:11 to 19:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:44 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:46
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:19 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:19 – 21:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:30
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:30 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:49 – 16:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:46
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. 05:36 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:51 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:19 – 21:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 13:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:53 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:48 – 19:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:10 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
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:36 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:00 Aquarius
- 07:00 – 08:13 Pisces
- 08:13 – 09:37 Aries
- 09:37 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:44 Gemini
- 13:44 – 16:14 Cancer
- 16:14 – 18:43 Leo
- 18:43 – 21:12 Virgo
- 21:12 – 23:42 Libra
- 23:42 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:56 next day Aquarius
- 06:56 – 07:10 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