Washington panchang, 22 March 2024
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 17:04 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
07:08 to 19:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:40 – 10:11
- Durmuhurta 09:35 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Durmuhurta 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:18 – 17:49
- 08:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
19:21 to 07:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:48 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 21:48
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:04
- Karana Kaulava until 08:30, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 21:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 21:48 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:11
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:04 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:35 – 10:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:39 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:49
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:08 – 18:57
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. 05:34 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:21 – 21:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:57 – 07:07 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:57 – 07:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:57 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:08 – 08:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:11 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Char | 17:49 – 19:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 05:37 Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 08:05 Pisces
- 08:05 – 09:29 Aries
- 09:29 – 11:19 Taurus
- 11:19 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:35 Leo
- 18:35 – 21:04 Virgo
- 21:04 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:48 next day Aquarius
- 06:48 – 07:07 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