Washington panchang, 13 April 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 19:42 Moonrise 09:47 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
06:34 to 19:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam 09:51 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:25
- 14:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
19:42 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:42 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 15:03
- Karana Kaulava until 14:18, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 15:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:51 – 11:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:03 – 17:27
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. 05:07 – 05:51
- 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 19:42 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 11:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:19 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:13 – 09:51 | Good |
| Rog | 09:51 – 11:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:30 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 18:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:04 – 19:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 23:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:46 – 01:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:08 – 02:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:29 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:38 Pisces
- 06:38 – 08:02 Aries
- 08:02 – 09:52 Taurus
- 09:52 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:39 Cancer
- 14:39 – 17:09 Leo
- 17:09 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 22:08 Libra
- 22:08 – 00:32 next day Scorpio
- 00:32 – 02:34 next day Sagittarius
- 02:34 – 04:06 next day Capricorn
- 04:06 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 06:33 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