Washington panchang, 31 March 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:30 Moonrise 01:17 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
06:54 to 19:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:47 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam 16:21 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta 17:49 – 18:39
- Rahu Kalam 17:55 – 19:30
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
19:30 to 06:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:30 – 21:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:01
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 13:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:22
- Karana Vanija until 12:01, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 13:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:55 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:15 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:49 – 18:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:55 – 19:30
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:54 – 13:26
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. 05:23 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:47 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:30 – 21:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:26 – 06:53 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:26 – 06:53 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:26 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:54 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:29 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:37 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:30 – 20:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:11 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 08:54 Aries
- 08:54 – 10:43 Taurus
- 10:43 – 13:01 Gemini
- 13:01 – 15:30 Cancer
- 15:30 – 18:00 Leo
- 18:00 – 20:28 Virgo
- 20:28 – 22:59 Libra
- 22:59 – 01:23 next day Scorpio
- 01:23 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 06:13 next day Aquarius
- 06:13 – 06:53 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