Washington panchang, 26 April 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 19:55 Moonrise 23:10 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
06:17 to 19:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam 11:23 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:27
- Yamaganda 16:30 – 18:12
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
19:55 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:55 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 22:48 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 22:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 18:49
- Karana Vanija until 10:36, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 18:49 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 22:48 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:12
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:49 – 06:21 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 18:09 – 06:15 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. 04:54 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:38 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:55 – 21:59
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 11:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:23 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:05 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:23 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:40 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:15 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 09:01 Taurus
- 09:01 – 11:18 Gemini
- 11:18 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 16:18 Leo
- 16:18 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 21:17 Libra
- 21:17 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:42 next day Sagittarius
- 01:42 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 06:15 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