Washington panchang, 22 April 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 19:51 Moonrise 18:52 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
06:22 to 19:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:25 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:09
- 10:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
19:51 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:51 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 18:58
- Karana Vanija until 17:56, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:48 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:58 – 20:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 10:29 – 06:20 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. 04:58 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:51 – 21:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 10:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:29 – 18:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:10 – 19:51 | Good |
| Char | 19:51 – 21:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:06 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:24 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:17 Taurus
- 09:17 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 14:04 Cancer
- 14:04 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 19:02 Virgo
- 19:02 – 21:32 Libra
- 21:32 – 23:57 Scorpio
- 23:57 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 03:31 next day Capricorn
- 03:31 – 04:46 next day Aquarius
- 04:46 – 05:59 next day Pisces
- 05:59 – 06:20 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