Washington panchang, 6 April 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 19:35 Moonrise 05:43 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
06:45 to 19:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:23
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
19:35 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:35 – 21:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:14 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:09 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 21:24
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:28 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 16:49
- Karana Gara until 11:08, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:49 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 21:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:09 Moon enters Pisces
- 03:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:24 – 22:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:09 – 07:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:53 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:58 – 13:49
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. 05:16 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:35 – 21:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:24 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:21 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:34 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:35 – 20:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:22 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:09 – 02:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:33 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:56 – 05:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:43 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
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:20 Taurus
- 10:20 – 12:37 Gemini
- 12:37 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 17:36 Leo
- 17:36 – 20:05 Virgo
- 20:05 – 22:35 Libra
- 22:35 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:01 next day Sagittarius
- 03:01 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 06:43 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