Washington panchang, 2 May 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 03:14 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
06:09 to 20:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:09 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:46 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:14
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:23 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:01 to 06:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 07:48
- Karana Gara until 16:23, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:48 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:09 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:46 – 11:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:11 – 13:54 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:02 – 12:58
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. 04:48 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:01 – 22:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:23 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:09 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Char | 11:21 – 13:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 20:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:16 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 06:48 Aries
- 06:48 – 08:37 Taurus
- 08:37 – 10:55 Gemini
- 10:55 – 13:25 Cancer
- 13:25 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 18:23 Virgo
- 18:23 – 20:53 Libra
- 20:53 – 23:18 Scorpio
- 23:18 – 01:19 next day Sagittarius
- 01:19 – 02:52 next day Capricorn
- 02:52 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:20 next day Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:08 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