Washington panchang, 4 April 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 19:34 Moonrise 04:41 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
06:48 to 19:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta 11:03 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:45 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 17:00
- 10:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:25 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:34 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:34 – 21:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:59 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:41 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 00:25 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:25, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:41 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 17:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:42 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:25 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:03 – 11:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 17:00
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. 05:18 – 06:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:45 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:34 – 21:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:24 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:35 | Bad |
| Char | 11:35 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:34 – 20:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:58 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:10 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:22 – 06:46 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
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 06:01 Aquarius
- 06:01 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 08:38 Aries
- 08:38 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:45 Gemini
- 12:45 – 15:15 Cancer
- 15:15 – 17:44 Leo
- 17:44 – 20:13 Virgo
- 20:13 – 22:43 Libra
- 22:43 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:09 next day Sagittarius
- 03:09 – 04:42 next day Capricorn
- 04:42 – 05:57 next day Aquarius
- 05:57 – 06:46 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