Washington panchang, 27 April 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 19:56 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
06:15 to 19:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:15 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:40 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:31
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:58 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
19:56 to 06:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:56 – 21:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:52
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 18:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 17:53
- Karana Bava until 10:53, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:58 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:31
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. 04:53 – 05:34
- 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 19:56 – 21:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 22:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:15 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:40 | Good |
| Rog | 09:40 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:23 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 18:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:13 – 19:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:05 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:39 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 08:57 Taurus
- 08:57 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 16:14 Leo
- 16:14 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 21:13 Libra
- 21:13 – 23:37 Scorpio
- 23:37 – 01:38 next day Sagittarius
- 01:38 – 03:11 next day Capricorn
- 03:11 – 04:27 next day Aquarius
- 04:27 – 05:39 next day Pisces
- 05:39 – 06:14 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