Washington panchang, 16 April 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 19:45 Moonrise 12:52 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
06:30 to 19:45- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:09 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 09:49 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 18:06
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:45 to 06:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:45 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 05:44 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:45 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:46
- Karana Balava until 16:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:45 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 05:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:09 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:46 – 15:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 18:06
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. 05:04 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:41 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:45 – 21:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:45 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:45 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:30 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:10 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Char | 09:49 – 11:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:28 – 13:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:08 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 18:06 | Good |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:27 – 03:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:48 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:26 Pisces
- 06:26 – 07:51 Aries
- 07:51 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:58 Gemini
- 11:58 – 14:28 Cancer
- 14:28 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 19:26 Virgo
- 19:26 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 03:54 next day Capricorn
- 03:54 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:22 next day Pisces
- 06:22 – 06:29 next day Aries
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