Washington panchang, 21 March 2024
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:20 Moonrise 16:04 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
07:10 to 19:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:12 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:13 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:54
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:56 Moon enters Leo
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:20 to 07:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:20 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:11
- Karana Balava until 19:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:56 Moon enters Leo
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:13 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:54
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. 05:35 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:20 – 21:42
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:12 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:20 – 20:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:49 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:08 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
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 05:41 Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:56 Aquarius
- 06:56 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 09:33 Aries
- 09:33 – 11:22 Taurus
- 11:22 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 16:10 Cancer
- 16:10 – 18:39 Leo
- 18:39 – 21:08 Virgo
- 21:08 – 23:38 Libra
- 23:38 – 02:03 next day Scorpio
- 02:03 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:37 next day Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:52 next day Aquarius
- 06:52 – 07:08 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