Washington panchang, 23 March 2024
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 19:22 Moonrise 18:03 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
07:07 to 19:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:07 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:11 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:18
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:22 to 07:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:22 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:25 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:50 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 00:25 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 10:03
- Karana Gara until 11:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:25 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:50 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:45
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:03 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:11 – 11:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:18
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:25 – 04:50 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:03 – 07:05 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. 05:33 – 06:20
- 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 19:22 – 21:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:07 – 22:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:07 – 00:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:11 | Good |
| Rog | 10:11 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:50 – 19:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:18 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:09 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:05 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
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:33 Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:48 Aquarius
- 06:48 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:32 Gemini
- 13:32 – 16:02 Cancer
- 16:02 – 18:31 Leo
- 18:31 – 21:00 Virgo
- 21:00 – 23:30 Libra
- 23:30 – 01:55 next day Scorpio
- 01:55 – 03:56 next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 – 05:29 next day Capricorn
- 05:29 – 06:44 next day Aquarius
- 06:44 – 07:05 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