Washington panchang, 29 April 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 19:58 Moonrise 01:11 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
06:13 to 19:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 11:22 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:38 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:13
- 10:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
19:58 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:58 – 22:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:35
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 14:55
- Karana Gara until 10:05, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:13
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 19:12
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:12 – 06:12 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. 04:51 – 05:32
- 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 19:58 – 22:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:12 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:39 – 11:22 | Good |
| Rog | 11:22 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:58 | Good |
| Char | 19:58 – 21:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:05 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:12 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:00 Aries
- 07:00 – 08:49 Taurus
- 08:49 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:29 Scorpio
- 23:29 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 06:12 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