Washington panchang, 20 April 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 19:49 Moonrise 16:54 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
06:25 to 19:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:25 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:46 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:34
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:28
- 11:21 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
19:49 to 06:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:49 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:12
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 07:38 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 17:17
- Karana Balava until 13:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:21 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 08:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:46 – 11:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:17 – 20:53
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 06:23 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. 05:00 – 05:42
- 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 19:49 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:25 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:05 – 09:46 | Good |
| Rog | 09:46 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:26 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:47 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 18:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:25 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:45 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:23 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
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:35 Aries
- 07:35 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:42 Gemini
- 11:42 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 16:41 Leo
- 16:41 – 19:10 Virgo
- 19:10 – 21:40 Libra
- 21:40 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 03:39 next day Capricorn
- 03:39 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 06:23 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