Washington panchang, 12 April 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 19:41 Moonrise 08:56 Chaitra 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
06:36 to 19:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:13 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:30 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Durmuhurta 13:35 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:25 – 18:03
- 15:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
19:41 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:41 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:34 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:42
- Karana Bava until 15:02, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 02:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:34 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:13 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:30 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:35 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 18:03
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. 05:09 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:41 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:20 – 06:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:34 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:30 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:08 – 02:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:30 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:34 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:06 Aries
- 08:06 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 17:13 Leo
- 17:13 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 22:12 Libra
- 22:12 – 00:36 next day Scorpio
- 00:36 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:34 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