Washington panchang, 24 March 2024
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 19:23 Moonrise 19:02 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
07:05 to 19:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:18 – 17:51
- Durmuhurta 17:45 – 18:34
- Rahu Kalam 17:51 – 19:23
- 11:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:23 to 07:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:23 – 21:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:00 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 11:03
- Karana Vishti until 13:43, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:03 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:25 – 04:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:45 – 18:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:51 – 19:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:16 – 15:32
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. 05:31 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:23 – 21:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 01:07 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:07 – 07:04 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:07 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:05 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:37 – 10:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:10 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:04 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
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 07:57 Pisces
- 07:57 – 09:21 Aries
- 09:21 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:28 Gemini
- 13:28 – 15:58 Cancer
- 15:58 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 20:56 Virgo
- 20:56 – 23:26 Libra
- 23:26 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:52 next day Sagittarius
- 03:52 – 05:25 next day Capricorn
- 05:25 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
- 06:40 – 07:04 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