Washington panchang, 19 April 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 19:48 Moonrise 15:55 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
06:26 to 19:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam 11:27 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Durmuhurta 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:27 – 18:08
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
19:48 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:48 – 21:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 10:35
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:14
- Karana Vishti until 10:35, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:17 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 10:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:34 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:27 – 18:08
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. 05:01 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:48 – 21:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 04:34 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 04:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 10:35
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:46 – 11:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:27 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:27 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:06 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:45 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:05 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:02 Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:46 Gemini
- 11:46 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 16:45 Leo
- 16:45 – 19:14 Virgo
- 19:14 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 03:43 next day Capricorn
- 03:43 – 04:58 next day Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:11 next day Pisces
- 06:11 – 06:25 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