Washington panchang, 23 June 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 20:36 Moonrise 22:39 Jyeshtha 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
05:45 to 20:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:40 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 15:01
- Gulika Kalam 16:53 – 18:44
- Durmuhurta 18:37 – 19:36
- Rahu Kalam 18:44 – 20:36
- 06:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:17 Moon enters Capricorn
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
20:36 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:36 – 22:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:56
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 07:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Indra until 02:21 next day
- Karana Taitila until 06:52, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:17 Moon enters Capricorn
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:21 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 15:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:37 – 19:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:44 – 20:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:21 – 23:35 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. 04:31 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:40 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:36 – 22:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:33 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 11:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:19 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:53 | Good |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 21:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:44 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:10 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:19 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:36 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:13 Taurus
- 05:13 – 07:30 Gemini
- 07:30 – 10:00 Cancer
- 10:00 – 12:30 Leo
- 12:30 – 14:58 Virgo
- 14:58 – 17:29 Libra
- 17:29 – 19:53 Scorpio
- 19:53 – 21:54 Sagittarius
- 21:54 – 23:27 Capricorn
- 23:27 – 00:42 next day Aquarius
- 00:42 – 01:55 next day Pisces
- 01:55 – 03:19 next day Aries
- 03:19 – 05:09 next day Taurus
- 05:09 – 05:45 next day Gemini
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