Washington panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 19:47 Moonrise 14:56 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
06:27 to 19:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:27 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:47 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 10:54 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:41 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta 16:14 – 17:07
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
19:47 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:47 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:02
- Nakshatra Magha until 01:26 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 15:12
- Karana Gara until 08:02, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:12 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:47 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:54 – 11:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:14 – 17:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:17 – 10:35 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:16 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:08 – 04:24 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. 05:02 – 05:45
- 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 19:47 – 21:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 01:26 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 08:02
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:27 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:47 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Char | 11:27 – 13:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:07 – 19:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:07 – 22:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:27 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:26 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:46 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:19 Pisces
- 06:19 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:50 Gemini
- 11:50 – 14:20 Cancer
- 14:20 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 19:18 Virgo
- 19:18 – 21:48 Libra
- 21:48 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:15 next day Pisces
- 06:15 – 06:26 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