Washington panchang, 26 March 2024
Sunrise 07:02 Sunset 19:25 Moonrise 21:00 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
07:02 to 19:25- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:20
- Yamaganda 10:08 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:52
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:26 Moon enters Libra
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:25 to 07:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:25 – 21:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:36 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:45 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:47
- Karana Taitila until 18:33, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:26 Moon enters Libra
- 18:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:08 – 11:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:47 – 16:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:52
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. 05:29 – 06:15
- 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 19:25 – 21:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:35 – 10:08 | Bad |
| Char | 10:08 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:52 | Good |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:40 – 04:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:07 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:33 – 07:00 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
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:36 Aquarius
- 06:36 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:03 Taurus
- 11:03 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:50 Cancer
- 15:50 – 18:19 Leo
- 18:19 – 20:48 Virgo
- 20:48 – 23:19 Libra
- 23:19 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:44 next day Sagittarius
- 03:44 – 05:17 next day Capricorn
- 05:17 – 06:32 next day Aquarius
- 06:32 – 07:00 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