Washington panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 19:46 Moonrise 13:55 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
06:29 to 19:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:47
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:46 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:46 – 21:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:26 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:02 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 14:20
- Karana Taitila until 18:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:26 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:26 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:47
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:20 – 16:44
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. 05:03 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:46 – 21:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Char | 16:27 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:07 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 03:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:47 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:27 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 19:22 Virgo
- 19:22 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 03:50 next day Capricorn
- 03:50 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:19 next day Pisces
- 06:19 – 06:27 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