Washington panchang, 24 April 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 19:53 Moonrise 20:58 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
06:19 to 19:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:24 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:48
- 08:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
19:53 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:53 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 21:16
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 19:34
- Karana Balava until 08:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:34 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 21:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 21:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:34 – 19:22 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. 04:56 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:53 – 21:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:16 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:24 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 18:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:47 | Good |
| Char | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:05 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:19 Aries
- 07:19 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:54 Virgo
- 18:54 – 21:25 Libra
- 21:25 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 03:23 next day Capricorn
- 03:23 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 06:18 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