Washington panchang, 1 April 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 19:31 Moonrise 02:19 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
06:53 to 19:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 11:37 – 13:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:37
- Durmuhurta 13:37 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:59
- 10:59 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:31 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:31 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 11:40
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 10:59
- Karana Bava until 11:40, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:59 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 11:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 10:02
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:59 – 22:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:37 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:37 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:42 – 06:51 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. 05:22 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:31 – 21:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 13:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:27 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:37 | Good |
| Rog | 11:37 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:31 | Good |
| Char | 19:31 – 20:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:11 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:36 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:26 – 06:51 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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 07:25 Pisces
- 07:25 – 08:50 Aries
- 08:50 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:57 Gemini
- 12:57 – 15:27 Cancer
- 15:27 – 17:56 Leo
- 17:56 – 20:25 Virgo
- 20:25 – 22:55 Libra
- 22:55 – 01:20 next day Scorpio
- 01:20 – 03:21 next day Sagittarius
- 03:21 – 04:53 next day Capricorn
- 04:53 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
- 06:09 – 06:51 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