Washington panchang, 25 March 2024
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 20:00 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
07:04 to 19:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 10:09
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Durmuhurta 13:38 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:06 – 16:56
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:24 to 07:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:26 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:59
- Karana Balava until 16:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 05:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:38 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:06 – 16:56
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:03 – 07:02 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. 05:30 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:49 – 13:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 – 21:44
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:04 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:09 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:24 | Good |
| Char | 19:24 – 20:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:17 Aries
- 09:17 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:54 Cancer
- 15:54 – 18:23 Leo
- 18:23 – 20:52 Virgo
- 20:52 – 23:23 Libra
- 23:23 – 01:47 next day Scorpio
- 01:47 – 03:48 next day Sagittarius
- 03:48 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
- 05:21 – 06:36 next day Aquarius
- 06:36 – 07:02 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