Washington panchang, 8 April 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 06:36 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
06:42 to 19:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:19 – 09:56
- Yamaganda 11:33 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:44 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 17:02
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
19:37 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:12 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:02 Moon enters Aries
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 08:43
- Karana Naga until 14:20, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 22:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:02 Moon enters Aries
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 09:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:43 – 04:48 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:33 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:48 – 06:00 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. 05:13 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:44 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:19 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:33 | Good |
| Rog | 11:33 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:37 | Good |
| Char | 19:37 – 21:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:09 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:18 – 06:40 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
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:13 – 05:45 Aquarius
- 05:45 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:22 Aries
- 08:22 – 10:12 Taurus
- 10:12 – 12:29 Gemini
- 12:29 – 14:59 Cancer
- 14:59 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 19:57 Virgo
- 19:57 – 22:27 Libra
- 22:27 – 00:52 next day Scorpio
- 00:52 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
- 05:41 – 06:40 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