Washington panchang, 23 April 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:52 Moonrise 19:54 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
06:20 to 19:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 09:43 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 18:10
- 06:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:52 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:52 – 21:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:48
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 19:26
- Karana Vishti until 06:55, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:43 – 11:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 18:10
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. 04:57 – 05:39
- 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 19:52 – 21:57
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:20 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Char | 09:43 – 11:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:25 – 13:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:06 – 14:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:48 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:29 – 18:10 | Good |
| Rog | 18:10 – 19:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:05 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 03:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:42 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:23 Aries
- 07:23 – 09:13 Taurus
- 09:13 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 14:00 Cancer
- 14:00 – 16:29 Leo
- 16:29 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:53 Scorpio
- 23:53 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 06:19 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