Washington panchang, 3 May 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 20:01 Moonrise 03:44 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
06:08 to 20:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:33
- Durmuhurta 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda 16:33 – 18:17
- 13:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
20:01 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 20:01 – 22:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:33 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:54
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:36 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 01:33 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:54, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 01:33 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:11 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:33 – 14:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:33 – 22:06 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. 04:47 – 05:28
- 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 – 22:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:54 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 11:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:21 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Char | 18:17 – 20:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:44 Aries
- 06:44 – 08:33 Taurus
- 08:33 – 10:51 Gemini
- 10:51 – 13:21 Cancer
- 13:21 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 18:19 Virgo
- 18:19 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:07 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