Washington panchang, 2 April 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 19:32 Moonrise 03:15 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
06:51 to 19:32- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:23 – 10:14
- Yamaganda 10:01 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 13:11 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:57
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
19:32 to 06:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:32 – 21:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:39 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 10:39
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 09:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:39, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:39 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:23 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:01 – 11:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:57
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:18 – 06:50 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. 05:20 – 06:06
- 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 19:32 – 21:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:51 – 10:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:26 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Char | 10:01 – 11:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:36 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:21 – 17:57 | Good |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:32 – 20:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:11 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:25 – 06:50 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
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:09 Aquarius
- 06:09 – 07:21 Pisces
- 07:21 – 08:46 Aries
- 08:46 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:53 Gemini
- 12:53 – 15:23 Cancer
- 15:23 – 17:52 Leo
- 17:52 – 20:21 Virgo
- 20:21 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:16 next day Scorpio
- 01:16 – 03:17 next day Sagittarius
- 03:17 – 04:49 next day Capricorn
- 04:49 – 06:05 next day Aquarius
- 06:05 – 06:50 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