Washington panchang, 25 April 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:54 Moonrise 22:04 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
06:18 to 19:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta 10:50 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:11
- 09:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
19:54 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:54 – 21:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:16
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:22
- Karana Taitila until 09:50, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:22 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:50 – 11:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:11
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. 04:55 – 05:36
- 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 19:54 – 21:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:53 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Char | 11:24 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:12 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:05 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:41 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:15 Aries
- 07:15 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 13:52 Cancer
- 13:52 – 16:22 Leo
- 16:22 – 18:50 Virgo
- 18:50 – 21:21 Libra
- 21:21 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:46 next day Sagittarius
- 01:46 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 05:47 next day Pisces
- 05:47 – 06:17 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